Common Green Charaxes

Charaxes eupale

"Charaxes eupale", the common green charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.
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Appearance

A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 "Novitates Zoologicae" Volume 7:510 et seq.

Naming

*"Charaxes eupale eupale"
⤷ "Charaxes eupale latimargo" Joicey & Talbot, 1921
⤷ "Charaxes eupale veneris" White & Grant, 1989 Similar to "Charaxes dilutus" but apical green patch darker and hind wing with a dark green margin

"Charaxes eupale" is in the "Charaxes eupale" species group The clade members are:

⤷ "Charaxes subornatus"
⤷ "Charaxes eupale"
⤷ "Charaxes dilutus"
⤷ "Charaxes montis"
⤷ "Charaxes minor"
⤷ "Charaxes schiltzei"
⤷ "Charaxes schultzei"
⤷ "Charaxes virescens"
Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus "Viridixes" Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the "eupale" species group.

Behavior

"eupale" is the most common forest charaxes
The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on "Scutia myrtina", "Albizia gummifera", "Albizia zygia", "Albizia adianthifolia" and "Cathormion" species.

Notes on the biology of "eupale" are given by Larsen, T.B.

The green colouration is produced by pigments as opposed to being produced structurally, which is common in most green butterflies.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusCharaxes
SpeciesC. eupale
Photographed in
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