Charaxes velox
Charaxes velox is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra, an island in the Arabian Sea.
Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 368 for terms see volume 5:545-601Taxonomy
The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes candiope.Charaxes candiope group. The group members are:
- Charaxes candiope
- Charaxes antamboulou - like next
- Charaxes cowani - like last
- Charaxes velox
- ''Charaxes thomasius''