• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Forest-king Charaxes
  English	Forest-king Emperor

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares bavenda	van Son, 1935
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares bergeri	Plantrou, 1975
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares brevicaudatus	Schultze, 1914
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares burgessi	van Son, 1953
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares desmondi	van Someren, 1939
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares draconis	Jordan, 1936
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares kenwayi	Poulton, 1929
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares kiellandi	Plantrou, 1976
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares kilimensis	van Someren, 1972
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares kulal	van Someren, 1962
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares ludovici	Rousseau-Decelle, 1933
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares maudei	Joicey & Talbot, 1918
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares nguru	Collins, 1989
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares occidentalis	Pringle, 1995
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares penningtoni	van Son, 1953
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares sitebi	Plantrou, 1981
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares staudei	Henning & Henning, 1992
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares thyestes	(Stoll, 1790)
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares upembana	Plantrou, 1976
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares vumbui	van Son, 1936
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares walwandi	Collins, 1989
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares wernickei	Joicey & Talbot, 1927
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares woodi	van Someren, 1964
  Charaxes (C.) xiphares xiphares	(Stoll, 1781)

• Charaxes (C.) xiphares is a member of the clade Charaxes tiridates:

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

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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