Charaxes xiphares

Charaxes xiphares
Forest King Emperor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species: C. xiphares
Binomial name
Charaxes xiphares
(Stoll, [1781])

The Forest King Emperor or Forest King Charaxes (Charaxes xiphares) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found southern Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 65–80 mm in males and 70–95 mm in females.[2]

The larvae feed on Craibia brevecaudata, Scutia myrtina, Rhamnus prinoides, Cryptocarya woodii, Cryptocarya woodii, Scutia myrtina, Chaetachme aristata, and Drypetes gerrardii.[2][1]

Subpecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

  • C. x. bavenda van Son, 1935
  • C. x. bergeri Plantrou, 1975
  • C. x. brevicaudatus Schultze, 1914
  • C. x. burgessi van Son, 1953
  • C. x. desmondi van Someren, 1936
  • C. x. draconis Jordan, 1936
  • C. x. kenwayi Poulton, 1929
  • C. x. kiellandi Plantrou, 1976
  • C. x. kilimensis van Someren, 1972
  • C. x. kulal van Someren, 1962
  • C. x. ludovici Rousseau-Decelle, 1933
  • C. x. maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1917
  • C. x. nguru Collins, 1988
  • C. x. occidentalis Pringle, 1995
  • C. x. penningtoni van Son, 1953
  • C. x. sitebi Plantou, 1981
  • C. x. staudei Henning & Henning, 1992
  • C. x. thyestes (Stoll, 1790)
  • C. x. upembana Plantrou, 1976
  • C. x. vumbui van Son, 1936
  • C. x. walwandi Collins, 1989
  • C. x. wernickei Joicey & Talbot, 1926
  • C. x. woodi van Someren, 1964
  • C. x. xiphares (Stoll, [1781])

References

  1. ^ a b c Charaxes, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005


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