Charaxes
| Charaxes | |
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| Charaxes brutus natalensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Charaxini |
| Genus: | Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816 |
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The Rajah and Pasha butterflies, also known as Emperors in Africa,[1] (Charaxes) make up the huge type genus of the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. They belong to the Charaxini tribe, which also includes the nawab butterflies (Polyura). Charaxes are tropical Old World butterflies, with by far the highest diversity in sub-Saharan Africa, a smaller number in South and Southeast Asia, and a single species (Charaxes jasius) in Europe. They are generally strong flies and very popular among butterfly collectors.
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The following list is neither checked for completeness nor verified for synonymy. Some species now in Polyura, such as Polyura dolon, are referred to this genus in older literature.
The Kihansi Charaxes is a new, recently-discovered species.[2]
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- 1. Darge (Ph.), 1983 - Fauna of Cameroon: The genus Charaxes, Sciences Nat, Venette, pp. 1-136, pl. 1-43 [1]
- 2. Henning (S.), 1989 - The Charaxinae Butterflies of Africa, pp. 1-457 [2]
- 3. Turlin (B.), 2005-2007 - Butterflies of the World. Parts 22, 25, 28, 32, Charaxes 1-4 [3]
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