Charaxes druceanus

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Silver-barred Emperor

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Charaxini
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. druceanus
Binomial name
*Charaxes druceanus* Butler, 1869
Synonyms
Charaxes cinadon Hewitson, 1870 Charaxes druceanus var. obscura Rebel, 1914 Charaxes druceanus kivuanus Jordan, 1925 Charaxes druceanus cryanae Le Cerf, 1932 Charaxes druceanus obscura f. nyungwe Turlin, 1980 Charaxes alicea Stoneham, 1931 Charaxes druceanus proximans f. lugari van Someren, 1939

The Silver-barred Emperor or Silver-barred Charaxes (Charaxes druceanus) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 55–70 mm in males and 65–85 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.^[2]

The larvae feed on various Syzygium species (including Syzygium cordatum and Syzygium guineense), Bersama abyssinica,^[1]^[2] Eugenia species, and Schefflera goetzenii.

Habitat

Coastal belt and forest edges up to more than 5,000 m.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

C. d. brazza Turlin, 1987 (Congo: Kinkala, Bela)
C. d. druceanus Butler, 1869 (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal))
C. d. entabeni van Someren, 1963 (South Africa: Limpopo Province to the Zoutpansberg)
C. d. katamayu Plantrou, 1982 (Kenya: south to the area east of the Rift Valley)
C. d. obscura Rebel, 1914 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Rwanda, western Burundi)
C. d. moerens Jordan, 1936 (South Africa: Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga, Swaziland)
C. d. praestans Turlin, 1989 (north-eastern Tanzania)
C. d. proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo, eastern Angola, eastern Rwanda, eastern Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, north-western Zimbabwe)
C. d. septentrionalis Lathy, 1926 (eastern Uganda, western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
C. d. solitaria Henning & Henning, 1992 (South Africa: north-east and north-west slopes of the Blouberg)
C. d. stevensoni van Someren, 1963 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
C. d. teita van Someren, 1939 (south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania: north to the Arusha-Moshi district)
C. d. vivianae Plantrou, 1982 (Sudan: south to the Imatong Mountains)
C. d. williamsi Plantrou, 1982 (Kenya: south-east to Mount Kasigau)

Taxonomy

The Charaxes jasius group consists of:

Charaxes jasius
Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
Charaxes hansali
Charaxes castor
Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
Charaxes andara – Madagascar
Charaxes ansorgei
Charaxes phoebus
Charaxes pollux
Charaxes druceanus
Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar, close to next
Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
Charaxes eudoxus
Charaxes richelmanni

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charaxes, funet.fi
↑ 2.0 2.1 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1963 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242.
Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166. Additional notes

External links

Charaxes druceanus images Subspecies and forms

on Charaxes page at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Images of C. druceanus druceanus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Images of C. druceanus obscura (Albertine Rift Project)
Images of C. druceanus proximans (Albertine Rift Project)

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