Charaxes brutus

White-barred emperor
Charaxes brutus natalensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. brutus
Binomial name
Charaxes brutus
(Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
  • Papilio brutus Cramer, 1779
  • Papilio cajus Herbst, 1790
  • Charaxes brutus alcyone f. nigribasalis Sevastopulo, 1973
  • Charaxes brutus augustus f. fractifascia Le Cerf, 1923
  • Charaxes brutus augustus ab. nigrescens Le Moult, 1933
  • Charaxes brutus var. natalensis Staudinger, 1885

Charaxes brutus, the white-barred emperor or white-barred Charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa (see subspecies section for detailed information).

Its flight period is year-round. Notes on the biology of brutus are given by Larsen, T.B. (1991).

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