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Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Subspecies

  • [Charaxes] jasius epijasius (Reiche, 1850)
    - maculatus (Suffert, 1904)
    - murina (Le Cerf, 1923)
    - feisthameli (Le Cerf, 1923)
    - liberiae (Le Cerf, 1923)
    - aeson (Stoneham, 1960)
    - plutus (Stoneham, 1960)
    - alcimede (Stoneham, 1960)
    - melas (Van Someren, 1963)
    - aesonius (Stoneham, 1964)

Adult morphologyWingspan47
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)734
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)447
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
GUI:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWE:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species)
WWE

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Celastraceae
    - Elaeodendron
    - Gymnosporia
    - Maytenus
  • Ericaceae
    - Arbutus
  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Croton
  • Fabaceae
    - Afzelia
    - Bauhinia
    - Berlinia
    - Brachystegia
    - Burkea
    - Isoberlinia
    - Schotia
  • Malvaceae
    - Hibiscus
  • Meliaceae
    - Pseudocedrela
  • Poaceae
    - Sorghum
  • Proteaceae
    - Protea

  • Celastraceae
    - Elaeodendron
    - Gymnosporia
    - Maytenus
  • Ericaceae
    - Arbutus
  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Croton
  • Fabaceae
    - Afzelia
    - Bauhinia
    - Berlinia
    - Brachystegia
    - Burkea
    - Isoberlinia
    - Schotia
  • Malvaceae
    - Hibiscus
  • Meliaceae
    - Pseudocedrela
  • Poaceae
    - Sorghum
  • Proteaceae
    - Protea

Charaxes jasius epijasius
Photographer: Gerard Bergsma
Charaxes jasius epijasius
Photographer: Siep Sinnema

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011