Charaxes imperialis, the Imperial Blue Charaxes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forests The larvae probably feed on Sapindaceae species.