Charaxes (Charaxes) numenes Hewitson, 1859
  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Charaxinae
  3. Charaxini
  4. Charaxes
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Sierra Leone


83 - 90 mm
Lesser Blue Charaxes

Primary host-plants

FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
FabaceaeErythrina abyssinica
LinaceaeHugonia platysepala
MalvaceaeGrewia forbesii
Grewia mollis
Grewia trichocarpa
SapindaceaeAllophylus
Blighia unijugata
Deinbollia

Synonyms and other combinations

Charaxes albimaculatusvan Someren, 1972

Known subspecies

SpeciesAuthorLocus typicus
Charaxes (Charaxes) numenes aequatorialisvan Someren, 1972
Charaxes (Charaxes) numenes malaboTurlin, 1998
Charaxes (Charaxes) numenes neumanniRothschild, 1902
Charaxes (Charaxes) numenes numenesHewitson, 1859

Charaxes (Charaxes) numenes 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)
Distribution
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