Giant Emperor

Charaxes castor

The Giant Emperor or Giant Charaxes is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Afrotropical ecozone below the Sahel.

The wingspan is 75–85 mm in males and 85–105 mm in females. The flight period is year-round but more common in late summer to autumn.
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Appearance

A full description is given by Rothschild, W. And Jordan, K., 1900 ''Novitates Zoologicae'' Volume 7:287-524. page 436 et seq.

Naming

Listed alphabetically.
⤷ ''C. c. arthuri'' van Someren, 1971
⤷ ''C. c. castor''
⤷ ''C. c. comoranus'' Rothschild, 1903
⤷ ''C. c. flavifasciatus'' Butler, 1895

Evolution

Larvae feed on ''Bridelia micrantha'', ''Afzelia quanzensis'', ''Tragia'' spp., ''Gymnosporia'' spp., ''Maytenus senegalensis'', ''Schotia brachypetala'', ''Bridelia micrantha'' and ''Cassia fistula''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusCharaxes
SpeciesC. castor
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