• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Giant Charaxes
  English	Giant Emperor

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Charaxes (C.) castor arthuri	van Someren, 1971
  Charaxes (C.) castor castor	(Cramer, 1775)
  Charaxes (C.) castor comoranus	Rothschild, 1903
  Charaxes (C.) castor flavifasciatus	Butler, 1895

• Charaxes (C.) castor is a member of the clade Charaxes jasius:

• Species	Author
  Charaxes (C.) andranodorus	Mabille, 1884
  Charaxes (C.) ansorgei	Rothschild, 1897
  Charaxes (C.) brutus	(Cramer, [1779])
  Charaxes (C.) castor	(Cramer, 1775)
  Charaxes (C.) dowsetti	Henning, 1989
  Charaxes (C.) druceanus	Butler, 1869
  Charaxes (C.) epijasius	Reiche, [1850]
  Charaxes (C.) eudoxus	(Drury, 1782)
  Charaxes (C.) hansali	Felder, 1867
  Charaxes (C.) pelias	(Cramer, 1775)
  Charaxes (C.) phoebus	Butler, 1866
  Charaxes (C.) phraortes	Doubleday, 1847
  Charaxes (C.) pollux	(Cramer, 1775)
  Charaxes (C.) richelmanni	Röber, 1936

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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