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  1. United Kingdom
  2. Charaxes (Eriboea) viola
Charaxes violaButler, 1866
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  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Charaxinae
  3. Charaxini
  4. Charaxes
  5. Eriboea
  6.  viola
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  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    EnglishSavanna Demon Charaxes
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    FabaceaeAcacia amythethophylla
    FabaceaeAcacia mellifera
    FabaceaeAlbizia adianthifoliaFlat-crown
    FabaceaeAlbizia coriaria
    FabaceaeAlbizia gummiferaPeacock flower
    FabaceaeEntada abyssinica
    FabaceaeEntada africana
    FabaceaeEntada gigasMonkey-ladder
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  • Subspecies
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Charaxes (Eriboea) viola pictavan Someren & Jackson, 1952
    Charaxes (Eriboea) viola violaButler, 1866
  • Charaxes (Eriboea) viola is a member of the clade Charaxes etheocles:
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Charaxes loandaevan Someren, 1969
    Charaxes northcottiRothschild, 1899
    Charaxes pseudophaeusvan Someren, 1975
    Charaxes (Eriboea) alpinusvan Someren & Jackson, 1957
    Charaxes (Eriboea) anticlea(Drury, 1782)
    Charaxes (Eriboea) aubynivan Someren & Jackson, 1952
    Charaxes (Eriboea) baileyivan Someren, 1958
    Charaxes (Eriboea) baumanniRogenhofer, 1891
    Charaxes (Eriboea) blandaRothschild, 1897
    Charaxes (Eriboea) braineivan Son, 1966
    Charaxes (Eriboea) catachrousvan Someren & Jackson, 1952
    Charaxes (Eriboea) cedreatisHewitson, 1874
    Charaxes (Eriboea) chepalunguvan Someren, 1969
    Charaxes (Eriboea) chintechivan Someren, 1975
    Charaxes (Eriboea) congdoniCollins, 1989
    Charaxes (Eriboea) diversiformavan Someren & Jackson, 1957
    Charaxes (Eriboea) ethalion(Boisduval, 1847)
    Charaxes (Eriboea) etheocles(Cramer, 1777)
    Charaxes (Eriboea) fulgurataAurivillius, [1899]
    Charaxes (Eriboea) gallagherivan Son, 1962
    Charaxes (Eriboea) grahameivan Someren, 1969
    Charaxes (Eriboea) guderiana(Dewitz, 1879)
    Charaxes (Eriboea) hildebrandti(Dewitz, 1879)
    Charaxes (Eriboea) karkloofvan Someren & Jackson, 1957
    Charaxes (Eriboea) kheiliStaudinger, 1896
    Charaxes (Eriboea) kirkiButler, 1881
    Charaxes (Eriboea) mafugavan Someren, 1969
    Charaxes (Eriboea) manicaTrimen, 1894
    Charaxes (Eriboea) mariepsvan Someren & Jackson, 1957
    Charaxes (Eriboea) martinivan Someren, 1966
    Charaxes (Eriboea) mccleeryivan Someren, 1972
    Charaxes (Eriboea) nyikensis(van Someren, 1966)
    Charaxes (Eriboea) opinatusHeron, 1909
    Charaxes (Eriboea) pembanusJordan, 1925
    Charaxes (Eriboea) petersivan Someren, 1969
    Charaxes (Eriboea) phaeusHewitson, 1877
    Charaxes (Eriboea) pondoensisvan Someren, 1967
    Charaxes (Eriboea) thysiCapronnier, 1889
    Charaxes (Eriboea) usambaraevan Someren & Jackson, 1952
    Charaxes (Eriboea) vansonivan Someren, 1975
    Charaxes (Eriboea) variatavan Someren, 1969
    Charaxes (Eriboea) violaButler, 1866
    Charaxes (Eriboea) virilisvan Someren & Jackson, 1952
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