Charaxes porthos


Charaxes porthos, the Porthos untailed charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.

Description

Ch. porthos Smith. male Hindwing above with a blue transverse band 4–5 mm. in breadth, placed in the middle and continued on the forewing almost straight to vein 6 or 7, but then becoming gradually narrower and breaking up into spots. female unknown . Cameroons to the Congo; very rare.

Biology

The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and drier forests.
Notes on the biology of porthos are given by Congdon and Collins

Subspecies

  • C. p. porthos
  • C. p. dummeri Joicey & Talbot, 1922
  • C. p. gallayi van Someren, 1968
  • C. p. katangae Rousseau-Decelle, 1931

Taxonomy

Charaxes porthos is a member of the species group Charaxes lycurgus.
The supposed clade members are:
Clade 1
Clade 2