Charaxes pythodoris
Charaxes pythodoris, the powder-blue charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of drier forests, riparian forests, heavy savanna and light arid savanna.
The larvae feed on Craibia brownii, Craibia laurentii, Craibia brevicaudata and Craibia affinis.Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group.
The supposed clade members are:
- Charaxes tiridates
- Charaxes numenes - similar to next
- Charaxes bipunctatus - similar to last
- Charaxes violetta
- Charaxes fuscus
- Charaxes mixtus
- Charaxes bubastis
- Charaxes albimaculatus
- Charaxes barnsi
- Charaxes bohemani
- Charaxes schoutedeni
- Charaxes monteiri
- Charaxes smaragdalis
- Charaxes xiphares
- Charaxes cithaeron
- Charaxes nandina
- Charaxes imperialis
- Charaxes ameliae
- Charaxes pythodoris
- ? Charaxes overlaeti
For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.Subspecies
- C. p. pythodoris
- C. p. davidi Plantrou, 1973
- C. p. knoopae Plantrou, 1982
- C. p. nesaea Grose-Smith, 1889
- C. p. occidens van Someren, 1963
- C. p. pallida van Someren, 1963
- C. p. sumbuensis Henning, 1982
- C. p. ventersi Henning, 1982
