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Charaxes xiphares (Western forest emperor)

Synonyms: Charaxes xiphares thyestes; Eriboea thyestessa; Nymphalis thurius; Papilio thyestes; Papilio xiphares

Wikipedia Abstract

The forest king emperor or forest king charaxes (Charaxes xiphares) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Afromontane forest in the eastern and southern Afrotropics. The wingspan is 65–80 mm in males and 70–95 mm in females. The larvae feed on Craibia brevecaudata, Scutia myrtina, Rhamnus prinoides, Cryptocarya woodii, Scutia myrtina, Chaetachme aristata, and Drypetes gerrardii.
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Infraspecies

Charaxes xiphares bavenda
Charaxes xiphares brevicaudatus
Charaxes xiphares burgessi
Charaxes xiphares desmondi
Charaxes xiphares desmonti
Charaxes xiphares draconis
Charaxes xiphares kenwayi
Charaxes xiphares kiellandi
Charaxes xiphares kilimensis
Charaxes xiphares kulal
Charaxes xiphares ludovici
Charaxes xiphares maudei
Charaxes xiphares nandina (Vulnerable)
Charaxes xiphares occidentalis
Charaxes xiphares pennigntoni
Charaxes xiphares penningtoni
Charaxes xiphares reducta
Charaxes xiphares staudei
Charaxes xiphares upembana
Charaxes xiphares vumbui
Charaxes xiphares walwandi
Charaxes xiphares wernickei
Charaxes xiphares woodi
Charaxes xiphares xiphares

Prey / Diet

Chaetachme aristata (Thorny Elm)[1]
Cryptocarya woodii (Cape quince)[1]
Drypetes gerrardii (Forest Ironplum)[1]
Rhamnus prinoides (Shiny-leaf Buckthorn)[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0