Charaxes xiphares

Forest king emperor
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. xiphares
Binomial name
Charaxes xiphares (Stoll, [1781])
Synonyms
Papilio xiphares Stoll, 1781 Charaxes xiphares bavenda f. ochremacula van Son, 1935 Charaxes xiphares bavenda f. cyanescens van Son, 1935 Charaxes cithaeron var. brevicaudatus Schultze, 1914 Charaxes desmondi van Someren, 1939 Charaxes xiphares draconis f. candida van Son, 1953 Charaxes xiphares kenwayi f. lutea van Son, 1953 Charaxes kulal van Someren, 1962 Charaxes maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1918 Charaxes xiphares xiphares f. occidentalis van Son, 1953 Charaxes xiphares penningtoni f. luminosa van Son, 1953 Charaxes xiphares staudei f. arikae Henning and Henning, 1992 Charaxes xiphares staudei f. louisae Henning and Henning, 1992 Papilio thyestes Stoll, 1790 Charaxes xiphares reducta Rothschild, 1929 Charaxes xiphares elatias Jordan, 1936 Charaxes xiphares walwandi f. namukanae Collins, 1989 in Henning, 1989

Charaxes xiphares, the forest king emperor or forest king charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Afromontane forest in the eastern and southern Afrotropical realm.

The wingspan is 65–80 mm for males and 70–95 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Craibia brevecaudata, Scutia myrtina, Rhamnus prinoides, , Scutia myrtina, Chaetachme aristata, and Drypetes gerrardii.

Listed alphabetically:

Charaxes tiridates group.

the supposed clade members are:

For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.

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