Charaxes druceanus | Butler, 1869 |
TL: [South Africa]: “Old Calabar” (900 - 2600 m.)
55-70 mm
65-85 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name English
Silver-barred Charaxes English
Silver-barred Emperor
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Araliaceae Schefflera goetzenii Melianthaceae Bersama abyssinica Winged bersama Myrtaceae Eugenia Myrtaceae Syzygium cordatum Waterbessie Myrtaceae Syzygium guineense Waterberry
- Subspecies
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Species Author Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus brazza Turlin, 1987 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus druceanus Butler, 1869 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus entabeni van Someren, 1963 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus katamayu Plantrou, 1982 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus moerens Jordan, 1936 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus obscura Rebel, 1914 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus praestans Turlin, 1989 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus septentrionalis Lathy, 1925 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus solitaria Henning & Henning, 1992 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus stevensoni van Someren, 1963 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus teita van Someren, 1939 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus vivianae Plantrou, 1982 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus williamsi Plantrou, 1982
- Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus is a member of the clade Charaxes jasius:
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Species Author Charaxes (Charaxes) andranodorus Mabille, 1884 Charaxes (Charaxes) ansorgei Rothschild, 1897 Charaxes (Charaxes) brutus (Cramer, [1779]) Charaxes (Charaxes) castor (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes (Charaxes) dowsetti Henning, 1989 Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus Butler, 1869 Charaxes (Charaxes) epijasius Reiche, [1850] Charaxes (Charaxes) eudoxus (Drury, 1782) Charaxes (Charaxes) hansali Felder, 1867 Charaxes (Charaxes) pelias (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes (Charaxes) phoebus Butler, 1866 Charaxes (Charaxes) phraortes Doubleday, 1847 Charaxes (Charaxes) pollux (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes (Charaxes) richelmanni Röber, 1936
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database
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