• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Violet-spotted Charaxes
  English	Violet-spotted Emperor

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Charaxes (Charaxes) violetta maritima	van Someren, 1966
  Charaxes (Charaxes) violetta melloni	Fox, 1963
  Charaxes (Charaxes) violetta meru	van Someren, 1966
  Charaxes (Charaxes) violetta violetta	Grose-Smith, 1885

• Charaxes (Charaxes) violetta is a member of the clade Charaxes tiridates:

• Species	Author
  Charaxes (Charaxes) ameliae	Doumet, 1861
  Charaxes (Charaxes) barnsi	Joicey & Talbot, 1927
  Charaxes (Charaxes) bipunctatus	Rothschild, 1894
  Charaxes (Charaxes) bohemani	C. & R. Felder, 1859
  Charaxes (Charaxes) cithaeron	C. & R. Felder, 1859
  Charaxes (Charaxes) fuscus	Plantrou, 1967
  Charaxes (Charaxes) imperialis	Butler, 1874
  Charaxes (Charaxes) mixtus	Rothschild, 1894
  Charaxes (Charaxes) monteiri	Staudinger, 1885
  Charaxes (Charaxes) nandina	Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
  Charaxes (Charaxes) numenes	Hewitson, 1859
  Charaxes (Charaxes) overlaeti	Schouteden, 1934
  Charaxes (Charaxes) pythodoris	Hewitson, 1873
  Charaxes (Charaxes) smaragdalis	Butler, 1865
  Charaxes (Charaxes) tiridates	Butler, 1886
  Charaxes (Charaxes) violetta	Grose-Smith, 1885
  Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares	(Stoll, 1781)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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