Charaxes elwesi
Charaxes elwesi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1922. It is endemic to Sumbawa and Sumba in the Indomalayan realm.
Charaxes elwesi is a large butterfly. The wings have a silvery beige basal part and a light brown distal part. The forewings are concave, with a median line ornamentation of white dots. On the hind wings, with a club-like tail, the silvery-beige basal part leaves only a light brown band with a submarginal line of white spots.
The underside is beige with purple reflections with a submarginal line of light dots on the hindwing.
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