Charaxes etheocles

Demon charaxes
Male, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. etheocles
Binomial name
Charaxes etheocles (Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
Papilio etheocles Cramer, 1777 Charaxes hollandi Butler, 1893 Charaxes etheocles f. carpenteri Poulton, 1919 Charaxes etheocles carpenteri f. pallidimacula van Someren and Jackson, 1957 Charaxes etheocles f. evansi van Someren and Rogers, 1932 Charaxes etheocles evansi f. conjuncta van Someren and Jackson, 1957 Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. violacea Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. ochracea Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. regalis Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes etheocles etheocles f. seriata Rothschild, 1900 Charaxes etheocles ochracea f. orangina Faravel, 1998

Charaxes etheocles, the demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Scutia myrtina, Celtis durandii, Griffonia simplicifolia, Albizia gummifera, Celtis gomphophylla, Bandeiraea, Cathormion, Dalbergia and Entada species.

Male and female

Female C. e. etheocles, f. fulgens

Charaxes etheocles is a member of the species group Charaxes etheocles. The supposed clade members are:

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