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  2. Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares
Charaxes xiphares(Stoll, 1781)
IUCN
  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Charaxinae
  3. Charaxini
  4. Charaxes
  5. Charaxes
  6.  xiphares
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TL: [South Africa]: “Cap de bonne Espérance”   (1200 - 2600 m.)

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  • Charaxes (Charaxes) cithaeron
MU

65 - 80 mm

FU

70 - 95 mm

  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    EnglishForest-king Charaxes
    EnglishForest-king Emperor
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    CannabaceaeChaetachmeThorny elm
    LauraceaeCryptocarya woodiiCape quince
    PutranjivaceaeDrypetes
    RhamnaceaeRhamnus prinoidesShiny-leaf buckthorn
    RhamnaceaeScutia myrtina
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  • Subspecies
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares bavendavan Son, 1935
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares bergeriPlantrou, 1975
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares brevicaudatusSchultze, 1914
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares burgessivan Son, 1953
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares desmondivan Someren, 1939
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares draconisJordan, 1936
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares kenwayiPoulton, 1929
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares kiellandiPlantrou, 1976
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares kilimensisvan Someren, 1972
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares kulalvan Someren, 1962
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares ludoviciRousseau-Decelle, 1933
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares maudeiJoicey & Talbot, 1918
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares nguruCollins, 1989
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares occidentalisPringle, 1995
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares penningtonivan Son, 1953
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares sitebiPlantrou, 1981
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares staudeiHenning & Henning, 1992
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares thyestes(Stoll, 1790)
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares upembanaPlantrou, 1976
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares vumbuivan Son, 1936
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares walwandiCollins, 1989
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares wernickeiJoicey & Talbot, 1927
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares woodivan Someren, 1964
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares xiphares(Stoll, 1781)
  • Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares is a member of the clade Charaxes tiridates:
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Charaxes (Charaxes) ameliaeDoumet, 1861
    Charaxes (Charaxes) barnsiJoicey & Talbot, 1927
    Charaxes (Charaxes) bipunctatusRothschild, 1894
    Charaxes (Charaxes) bohemaniC. & R. Felder, 1859
    Charaxes (Charaxes) cithaeronC. & R. Felder, 1859
    Charaxes (Charaxes) fuscusPlantrou, 1967
    Charaxes (Charaxes) imperialisButler, 1874
    Charaxes (Charaxes) mixtusRothschild, 1894
    Charaxes (Charaxes) monteiriStaudinger, 1885
    Charaxes (Charaxes) nandinaRothschild & Jordan, 1901
    Charaxes (Charaxes) numenesHewitson, 1859
    Charaxes (Charaxes) overlaetiSchouteden, 1934
    Charaxes (Charaxes) pythodorisHewitson, 1873
    Charaxes (Charaxes) smaragdalisButler, 1865
    Charaxes (Charaxes) tiridatesButler, 1886
    Charaxes (Charaxes) violettaGrose-Smith, 1885
    Charaxes (Charaxes) xiphares(Stoll, 1781)
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