Charaxes (Charaxes) castor (Cramer, 1775)
  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Charaxinae
  3. Charaxini
  4. Charaxes
  5. Charaxes




75 - 85 mm85 - 105 mm
Giant Charaxes
Giant Emperor

Primary host-plants

FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
CelastraceaeGymnosporia
EuphorbiaceaeTragia
FabaceaeAfzelia quanzensisPod mahogany
Cassia fistulaGolden rain tree
Schotia brachypetalaWeeping boer-bean
PhyllanthaceaeBridelia micranthaMitzeeri

Known subspecies

SpeciesAuthorLocus typicus
Charaxes (Charaxes) castor arthurivan Someren, 1971
Charaxes (Charaxes) castor castorCramer, 1775
Charaxes (Charaxes) castor comoranusRothschild, 1903
Charaxes (Charaxes) castor flavifasciatusButler, 1895

Charaxes (Charaxes) castor is a member of the clade Charaxes jasius

SpeciesAuthor
Charaxes (Charaxes) andranodorusMabille, 1884
Charaxes (Charaxes) ansorgeiRothschild, 1897
Charaxes (Charaxes) brutus(Cramer, [1779])
Charaxes (Charaxes) castor(Cramer, 1775)
Charaxes (Charaxes) dowsettiHenning, 1989
Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanusButler, 1869
Charaxes (Charaxes) epijasiusReiche, [1850]
Charaxes (Charaxes) eudoxus(Drury, 1782)
Charaxes (Charaxes) hansaliFelder, 1867
Charaxes (Charaxes) pelias(Cramer, 1775)
Charaxes (Charaxes) phoebusButler, 1866
Charaxes (Charaxes) phraortesDoubleday, 1847
Charaxes (Charaxes) pollux(Cramer, 1775)
Charaxes (Charaxes) richelmanniRöber, 1936
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