Charaxes pollux, the Black-bordered Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, Gabon, Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests, gallery forests and heavy woodland. Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit and sucking-trees. Adults are probably on wing year round.