Charaxes ethalion

Satyr Emperor


two female specimens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. ethalion
Binomial name
*Charaxes ethalion* (Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
Nymphalis ethalion Boisduval, 1847 Nymphalis erithalion Doubleday, 1849 Charaxes rosae Butler, 1895 Charaxes ethalion f. swynnertoni Poulton, 1919 Charaxes ethalion ethalion f. aurantimacula van Someren, 1967 Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. cithaeronides van Someren, 1967 Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. suppressa van Someren, 1967 Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. imitans van Someren, 1967 Charaxes ethalion nyasana van Someren, 1967 Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. demaculata van Someren, 1967 Charaxes ethalion nyasicus van Someren, 1975 Charaxes etheocles f. ethalionoides Carpenter, 1945 Charaxes ethalion f. howardi van Someren and Jackson, 1952

The Satyr Emperor or Satyr Charaxes (Charaxes ethalion) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 45–55 mm in males and 50–63 mm in females.^[2]

Larvae feed on Albizia spp., Peltophorum africanum, Dichrostachys cinerea, Acacia ataxacantha, and Scutia myrtina.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

C. e. binghami Henning, 1982 (Zambia, northern Zimbabwe)
C. e. ethalion Boisduval, 1847 (Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
C. e. fisheri Henning, 1982 (Zambia: north to the southern part of Lake Tanganyika)
C. e. handmani Henning, 1982 (Malawi: south to the Mlanje district)
C. e. kikuyuensis van Someren, 1967 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
C. e. kitungulensis Strand, 1911 (Tanzania, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba, Shaba, Maniema)
C. e. littoralis van Someren, 1967 (eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
C. e. marsabitensis van Someren, 1967 (Kenya: north to Mount Marsabit)
C. e. nyanzae van Someren, 1967 (Uganda, south-western Kenya, western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: east to Lake Mweru)

Taxonomy

Charaxes ethalion is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

Ecozone

Afrotropical ecozone

References

1 2 3 Charaxes, funet.fi
1 2 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005

External links

Charaxes ethalion images subspecies and forma

at Consortium for the Barcode of Life.

Images of C. ethalion ethalion Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
Images of C. ethalion kikuyuensis (Albertine Rift Project)
Images of C. ethalion kitungulensis (Albertine Rift Project)

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