Charaxes ethalion

Satyr Emperor
	two female specimens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. ethalion
Binomial name
	Charaxes ethalion; (Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
	Nymphalis ethalion Boisduval, 1847; Nymphalis erithalion Doubleday, 1849; Charaxes rosae Butler, 1895; Charaxes ethalion f. swynnertoni Poulton, 1919; Charaxes ethalion ethalion f. aurantimacula van Someren, 1967; Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. cithaeronides van Someren, 1967; Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. suppressa van Someren, 1967; Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. imitans van Someren, 1967; Charaxes ethalion nyasana van Someren, 1967; Charaxes ethalion nyassana f. demaculata van Someren, 1967; Charaxes ethalion nyasicus van Someren, 1975; Charaxes etheocles f. ethalionoides Carpenter, 1945; Charaxes ethalion f. howardi van Someren and Jackson, 1952;

The Satyr Emperor or Satyr Charaxes (Charaxes ethalion) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 45–55 mm in males and 50–63 mm in females.^[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

C. e. binghami Henning, 1982 (Zambia, northern Zimbabwe)
C. e. ethalion Boisduval, 1847 (Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
C. e. fisheri Henning, 1982 (Zambia: north to the southern part of Lake Tanganyika)
C. e. handmani Henning, 1982 (Malawi: south to the Mlanje district)
C. e. kikuyuensis van Someren, 1967 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
C. e. kitungulensis Strand, 1911 (Tanzania, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba, Shaba, Maniema)
C. e. littoralis van Someren, 1967 (eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
C. e. marsabitensis van Someren, 1967 (Kenya: north to Mount Marsabit)
C. e. nyanzae van Someren, 1967 (Uganda, south-western Kenya, western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: east to Lake Mweru)