African Charaxes Species

Charaxes means 'to sharpen' (from charax -a sharp stake) .Presumably referring to the pointed tails on the hindwings.  They belong to the tribe Charaxini , which also includes the Polyura (nawabs) of Asia.

 The majority are found in Sub saharan Africa (178) , with others in Asia (28) and a single European species

Charaxes ameliae

Blue spotted

Tanzania

w 70mm

m a1 £6

Charaxes antamboulou

charaxes antamboulou

Madagascan green veined charaxes

Madagascar

A1 £4

charaxes antamboulou verso

Charaxes ansorgei

Uganda

F

Charaxes anticlea

Charaxes anticlea or small flame bordered from cameroon butterfly with orange red borders

Small flame bordered

Cameroon

 w 50mm

m a1 £ 5

Charaxes anticlea verso,orange brown stripes

Charaxes bipunctatus

Charaxes bipunctatus, or two spotted blue butterfly is deep blue with gold edge from CAR

Two spotted blue

CAR

w 80mm

m a1 £ 3.70

Charaxes bipunctatus verso orange brown colour

Charaxes boueti

Bamboo Charaxes

Uganda

F

Charaxes brutus

charaxes brutus

White barred emperor

CAR

w 65mm

m A1  £4

charaxes brutus verso

Charaxes candiope

Charaxes candiope or green veined emperor butterfly is orange with green veins from CAR

Green veined emperor

CAR

w 75mm

m a1 £3.50

Charaxes candiope verso or green veined emperor orange brown wings

Charaxes castor

Charaxes castor or giant emperor butterfly from CAR brown with orange band

Giant emperor

CAR

w 80mm

m a1 £ 4.50

Charaxes castor or giant emperor verso ,complex pattern

Charaxes cithaeron

Charaxes cithaeron or blue spotted butterfly from Tanzania is deep blue with pale blue spots

Blue spotted

Tanzania

w 70mm

m a1 £ 5

charaxes cithaeron verso , brown

Charaxes cynthia

charaxes cynthia or western red red brown wings with orange red bands

Western red

CAR

w 60mm

m a1 £ 2.70

charaxes cynthia verso orange brown

Charaxes druceanus

charaxes druceanus

Silver barred emperor

M A1 £ 6

charaxes druceanus verso

Charaxes etheocles

charaxes etheocles

Demon

CAR

w 55-65mm

ma1 £ 2.90


charaxes etheocles verso

Charaxes etesipe

charaxes etesipe or savannah butterfly is blue with white dots

Savannah charaxes

CAR

w 60mm

m a1 £ 3.40

charaxes etesipe verso complex pattern

Charaxes eupale

charaxes eupale or common green butterfly from Cameroon is green

Common green

CAR/Cameroon

w 45-55 mm

m a1 £ 2.80

charaxes eupale verso is green

Charaxes fulvescens

charaxes fulvescens

Forest pearl

Tanzania

m a1 £ 6

charaxes fulvescens verso

Charaxes guderiana

charaxes guderiana

Blue spangled emperor

Malawi

M A1 £ 3

charaxes guderiana verso

Charaxes imperialis

charaxes imperialis or imperial blue butterfly , deep blue with pale blue patches

Imperial blue

CAR

w 85mm

m a1 £ 4.50

charaxes imperialis yellow brown verso

Charaxes lycurgus (laodice)

charaxes lycurgus

Laodice untailed 

CAR

w 60mm

m a1  £ 4

charaxes lycurgus verso

Charaxes lucretius

charaxes lucretius or violet washed butterfly is deep orange

Violet washed

CAR

m a1  £2.90

charaxes lucretius verso pale orange

Charaxes nichetes

Charaxes nichetes or manx butterfly from cameroon ,deep blue with pale blue spots

Manx

Cameroon

w 55mm

m a1 £4.50-out of stock

charaxes nichetes verso underwing ,green brown pattern

Charaxes numenes

charaxes numenes or blue spotted emperor butterfly ,deep blue with pale blue spots

Blue spot emperor

CAR

w 65-75mm

m a1  £3.90

charaxes numenes or blue spotted butterfly , verso, brown

Charaxes paphianus

charaxes paphianus

Falcate red

CAR

w 50mm

m a1 £ 4

charaxes paphianus verso

Charaxes pollux

charaxes pollux butterfly

Charaxes pollux-Black bordered (Male)

Tanzania

w 65mm

m a1 £ 4.50

charaxes pollux verso butterfly
charaxes pollux female , black bordered butterfly ,orange centre to wings

Charaxes pollux-Black bordered (Female)

CAR

a1 f £9.50

charaxes pollux female verso, complex pattern brown/orange

Charaxes protoclea

Charaxes protoclea or flame bordered butterfly, Black with orange red hindwing

Flame bordered

Cameroon

w 75mm

m a1 £5

F A1 £7.50

charaxes protoclea verso butterfly ,orange brown pattern
charaxes protoclea female

F A1 £7.50

charaxes protoclea female verso

Charaxes smaragdalis

charaxes smaragdalis or western blue butterfly , deep blue with pale blue patches

Western blue

CAR

w 85-100mm

m a1 £ 4.60

charaxes smaragdalis verso butterfly , brown with yellow green rim

Charaxes subornatus 

charaxes subornatus

Ornate green

CAR

w 50mm

m a1 £ 3.50

charaxes subornatus verso

Charaxes tiridates 

charaxes tiridates

Common blue

CAR

w 75-85mm

m a1 £3

charaxes tiridates verso

Charaxes violetta 

charaxes violetta or violet spotted butterfly, deep blie with violet patches on hindwing

Violet spotted

Tanzania

w 60mm

ma1 £ 6

charaxes violetta , violet spotted verso butterfly , brown

Charaxes zingha 

charaxes zingha or shining red butterfly , black with bright red centre

Shining red

CAR

65mm

m a1 £ 4.20

charaxes zingha verso underwing , butterfly , speckled black and red