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  1. United Kingdom
  2. Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus
Charaxes druceanusButler, 1869
IUCN
  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Charaxinae
  3. Charaxini
  4. Charaxes
  5. Charaxes
  6.  druceanus
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TL: [South Africa]: “Old Calabar”   (900 - 2600 m.)

MU

55-70 mm

FU

65-85 mm

MD
FD
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    EnglishSilver-barred Charaxes
    EnglishSilver-barred Emperor
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    AraliaceaeSchefflera goetzenii
    MelianthaceaeBersama abyssinicaWinged bersama
    MyrtaceaeEugenia
    MyrtaceaeSyzygium cordatumWaterbessie
    MyrtaceaeSyzygium guineenseWaterberry
  • Subspecies
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus brazzaTurlin, 1987
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus druceanusButler, 1869
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus entabenivan Someren, 1963
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus katamayuPlantrou, 1982
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus moerensJordan, 1936
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus obscuraRebel, 1914
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus praestansTurlin, 1989
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus proximansJoicey & Talbot, 1922
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus septentrionalisLathy, 1925
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus solitariaHenning & Henning, 1992
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus stevensonivan Someren, 1963
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus teitavan Someren, 1939
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus vivianaePlantrou, 1982
    Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus williamsiPlantrou, 1982
  • Charaxes (Charaxes) druceanus 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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