Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816

Bouyer, Thierry, 2023, The genera of the tribe Charaxini (Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae), Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 59-78 : 61

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scientific name	Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Genus Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816 View in CoL

Type species: Papilio jasius Linnaeus, 1767 .

Syn. Paphia Fabricius, 1807 ( Paphia Lamarck, 1799 , nec Paphia Röding, 1798 ).

Type species: Papilio jasius Linnaeus, 1767 .

Syn. Jasia Swainson, 1832 .

Type species: Papilio jasius Linnaeus, 1767 .

Syn. Hadrodontes Stoneham, 1964 (nom. nud.).

Syn. Stonehamia Cowan, 1968 .

Type species: Papilio varanes Cramer 1777 .

Syn. Haridra Moore, 1880 .

Type species: Charaxes psaphon Westwood, 1847 .

hadrianus View in CoL -group ( Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2009), Afr.

cynthia View in CoL -group ( Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2007a), Afr.

varanes -group ( Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2005), Afr.

jasius -group ( Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2005), Afr., Pal.

lucretius View in CoL -group ( Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2007a), Afr.

candiope View in CoL -group ( Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2007a), Afr.

bernardus View in CoL -group ( Müller et al., 2010; Turlin, 2020), Or.

tiridates View in CoL -group ( Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2007b), Afr.

nobilis View in CoL -group ( Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2009), Afr.

acraeoides View in CoL -group ( Vingerhoedt et al., 2010), Afr.

Systematic list of valid species and subspecies in Appendix.

The genus is restricted to the monophyletic ensemble composed by the previous species-groups. This monophyly is supported by genetics ( Aduse-Poku et al. 2009) and the character of the costa (see genera key). The genus can be divided into 3 sets:

jasius -group + lucretius -group + candiope -group + bernardus -group + tiridates -group + nobilis -group partim + acraeoides -group.

varanes -group.

hadrianus -group + cynthia -group.