Charaxes eudoxus
Charaxes eudoxus, the Eudoxus charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests, including gallery and riverine forests.
The larvae feed on Schefflera, Syzygium and Garcinia species.Subspecies
- C. e. eudoxus
- C. e. amaurus Poulton, 1929
- C. e. biokoensis Canu, 1989
- C. e. boersmana Plantrou, 1980
- C. e. cabacus Jordan, 1925
- C. e. goubandana Nicat, 2002
- C. e. imatongensis Plantrou, 1982
- C. e. katerae Carpenter, 1937
- C. e. lequeuxi Plantrou, 1982
- C. e. mechowi Rothschild, 1900
- C. e. mitchelli Plantrou & Howarth, 1977
- C. e. raffaellae Plantrou, 1982
- C. e. zambiae van Someren, 1970
Taxonomy
The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:
- Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
- Charaxes hansali
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
- Charaxes andara – Madagascar
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes pollux
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar, close to next
- Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes richelmanni
