Charaxes zelica

Charaxes zelica
Male from the CAR
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. zelica
Binomial name
Charaxes zelica Butler, 1869

Charaxes zelica, the zelica untailed charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Sierra Leone. The habitat consists of forests with altitudes of 800–1,000 metres (2,600–3,300 ft).

Adult males feed on otter and bird droppings and both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit.

The larvae feed on Pterocarpus santalinoides, Paullinia pinnata, Albizia zygia, Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Dalbergia, Millettia, Dichapetalum and Trachyphrynium species.

Original description:

Male Wings above blue-black with the fringe orange, the basal area shot with dark blue-green. Front-wings traversed beyond the middle by a series of six small spots the third to fifth lunular,the others sub-ovate; a sub-costal of the same colour between them and the apex. Hind-wings with an oblique discal series of seven blue spots occurring from the apex to the anal angle; eight sub-marginal white spots delicately encircled by blue scales and seven linear marginal spots. Abdominal margin and body brown, coarsely clothed with hair.

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