• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Imperial Blue Charaxes
  العربية	شراكسة سلطانية

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis albipuncta	Joicey & Talbot, 1920
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis dargei	Collins, 1989
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis graziellae	Turlin, 1989
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis imperialis	Butler, 1874
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis lisomboensis	van Someren, 1975
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis nathaliae	Canu, 1989
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis pauliani	Rousseau-Decelle, 1933
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis ugandicus	van Someren, 1972
  Charaxes (C.) imperialis werneri	Turlin, 1989

• Charaxes (C.) imperialis 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
  	The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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