Tawny rajah

Appearance

"Charaxes bernardus" has a wingspan of about 7–9 centimetres. The upperside of wings is reddish brown or pale brown-orange, with dark brown/black speckles at the wings tips and small black marks at the margin of the hind wings. On the underside of the wings there are irregular wavy or tawny brown speckles and whitish zigzag bands. Males and females are very similar identical in their appearances.

Naming

*"Charaxes bernardus bernardus" – present in China and Hong Kong
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus acolus" Fruhstorfer – eastern Sumatra
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus agna" Moore, 1878 – in Thailand and Burma
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus ajax" Fawcett, 1897 – western Sumatra
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus bajula" Staudinger, 1889 – Palawan
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus baliensis" Joicey & Talbot, 1922 – Bali
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus basilisae" Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 – Philippines
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus baya" – Java and Bali
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus crepax Fruhstorfer, 1914 – Malaysia and Singapore
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus cybistia" Fruhstorfer
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus enganicus" Fruhstorfer, 1904
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus hainanus" Gu, 1994 – Hainan
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus hemana" Butler, 1870 – Nepal
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus hierax" C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Assam and southern Yunnan.
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus hindia" Butler, 1872
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus kangeanensis" Hanafusa, 1990
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus mahawedi" Fruhstorfer – northern Indochina
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus mirabilis" Hanafusa, 1989
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus mitschkei Lathy, 1913 – Nias
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus phlegontis" Fruhstorfer
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus repetitus" Butler, 1896 – Borneo
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus siporanus" Hanafusa, 1992
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus siporaensis"
⤷ "Charaxes bernardus varenius" Fruhstorfer

Food

Known food-plants of this species include:
"Aglaia lawii", "Aglaia roxburghiana", "Cinnamomum camphora", "Litsea glutinosa", "Litsea populifolia", "Sapium sebiferum", "Adenanthera pavonina", "Paraserianthes falcataria", "Tamarindus indica", and "Acronychia penduculata".