Charaxes zoolina zoolina - Club-tailed charaxes

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Charaxes zoolina

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Catapu, Mozambique

Species details:

Note: The dry season form (see photo) is very different from the russet-brown wet season form
Distribution: From eastern South Africa to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and the Caprivi.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Related plant species:
Fabaceae subfamily MimosoideaeAcacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana (Food plant)
Fabaceae subfamily MimosoideaeAcacia pentagona (Food plant)
Fabaceae subfamily MimosoideaeAcacia schweinfurthii (Food plant)
Fabaceae subfamily MimosoideaeEntada abyssinica (Food plant)
Literature:

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Charaxes zoolina zoolina.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400230, retrieved 21 November 2024

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