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Charaxes

Charaxes eurialus

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked)	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Charaxini
Genus:	Charaxes Linnaeus, 1767

Species

Many, see text

The rajah and pasha butterflies, Charaxes, make up the huge type genus of the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a The Superfamily Papilionoidea (from the word "papilion" meaning "butterfly" contains all the butterflies except for the skippers which The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5000 Species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world Charaxinae, the leafwings, is a nymphalid Subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 Species, inhabiting mainly the tropics Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. In biology the phrase type genus is used differently depending on the nomenclatural ''Code'' that applies In zoological nomenclature, a type The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5000 Species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a In Biological classification, family ( Latin Charaxinae, the leafwings, is a nymphalid Subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 Species, inhabiting mainly the tropics They belong to the Charaxini tribe, which also includes the nawab butterflies (Polyura). In Biology, a tribe &mdashor infrafamily&mdashis a Taxonomic rank between family and Genus. This article is about the Brush-footed butterfly Genus. For the Rubiaceae genus see Polyura (plant. Charaxes are tropical Old World butterflies, with the highest diversity in the humid forests of the lands around the Indian Ocean, from Africa to Indonesia. The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans Asians and Africans in the 15th century The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia.

Species

The following list is neither checked for completeness nor verified for synonymy. This article deals with the general meaning of the term "synonym" Some species now in Polyura - such as Polyura dolon - are referred to this genus in older literature. This article is about the Brush-footed butterfly Genus. For the Rubiaceae genus see Polyura (plant. The Stately Nawab ( Polyura dolon) or Stately Rajah (because it was formerly placed in Charaxes) is a butterfly found in India

The Kihansi Charaxes is a new, recently-discovered species. Kihansi Charaxes ( Charaxes khasianus) is a new species of Butterfly discovered in (the proposed Kihansi Conservation Area in Tanzania.

Charaxes ablutus
Charaxes abruptus
Charaxes abyssinicus
Charaxes achaemenes
Charaxes achaemenesopsis
Charaxes acolus
Charaxes acraeoides
Charaxes adamsoni
Charaxes adelinae
Charaxes adusta
Charaxes aequidistans
Charaxes aeson
Charaxes aesonius
Charaxes affinis
Charaxes agabo
Charaxes aginga
Charaxes agna
Charaxes ajax
Charaxes alberici
Charaxes albifascia
Charaxes albimacula
Charaxes albipuncta
Charaxes albocaerulea
Charaxes albofascia
Charaxes alcimede
Charaxes alcyone
Charaxes alicea
Charaxes alladinis
Charaxes alladinoides
Charaxes alpinus
Charaxes alticola
Charaxes amasia
Charaxes amaurus
Charaxes ameliae
Charaxes amelina
Charaxes amycus
Charaxes analava
Charaxes analeuca
Charaxes andara
Charaxes andranodorus
Charaxes andriba
Charaxes angusticaudatus
Charaxes angusticlavius
Charaxes angustus
Charaxes ansorgei
Charaxes antamboulou
Charaxes antanala
Charaxes anticlea
Charaxes antiqua
Charaxes antiquus
Charaxes antonius
Charaxes apicalis
Charaxes arabica
Charaxes ardjasanus
Charaxes argynnides
Charaxes aristogiton - Scarce Tawny Rajah
Charaxes artemis
Charaxes arthuri
Charaxes aruanus
Charaxes atlantica
Charaxes aubhuri
Charaxes aubyni
Charaxes aurantiaca
Charaxes aurantimacula
Charaxes australis
Charaxes azota
Charaxes babingtoni
Charaxes bachmetjevi
Charaxes baileyi
Charaxes bajula
Charaxes balfourii
Charaxes baliensis
Charaxes baringana
Charaxes barnsi
Charaxes basilisae
Charaxes basiviridis
Charaxes baumanni
Charaxes bavenda
Charaxes baya
Charaxes bayanii
Charaxes bebra
Charaxes bellus
Charaxes beni
Charaxes berkeleyi
Charaxes bernardiana
Charaxes bernardii
Charaxes bernardus - Tawny Rajah
Charaxes betanimena
Charaxes betsimisaraka
Charaxes bifida
Charaxes biinclinata
Charaxes bipunctatus
Charaxes blachieri
Charaxes blanda
Charaxes bocqueti
Charaxes bohemani
Charaxes borneensis
Charaxes boueti
Charaxes bouringi
Charaxes brainei
Charaxes brennus
Charaxes brevicauda
Charaxes brevicaudatus
Charaxes brunnescens
Charaxes brunneus
Charaxes brutus
Charaxes bubastis
Charaxes bugense
Charaxes bupalus
Charaxes burgessi
Charaxes burtti
Charaxes butleri
Charaxes bwamba
Charaxes cabacus
Charaxes cacuthis
Charaxes caerulea
Charaxes caeruleotincta
Charaxes caerulescens
Charaxes cajus
Charaxes caliginosa
Charaxes calliclea
Charaxes cameroonensis
Charaxes camulus
Charaxes candida
Charaxes candiope
Charaxes capensis
Charaxes carolus
Charaxes carpenteri
Charaxes carteri
Charaxes castor
Charaxes castoris
Charaxes castoroides
Charaxes catachrous
Charaxes catenaria
Charaxes catenarius
Charaxes catulus
Charaxes cedreatis
Charaxes centralis
Charaxes cerynthus
Charaxes chanleri
Charaxes chepalungu
Charaxes chintechi
Charaxes chiron
Charaxes chittyi
Charaxes chloroticus
Charaxes cimon
Charaxes cimonides
Charaxes cinadon
Charaxes cithaeron
Charaxes cithaeronoides
Charaxes citrinella
Charaxes cizeyi
Charaxes claudei
Charaxes comoranus
Charaxes congdoni
Charaxes conjugens
Charaxes conjuncta
Charaxes connectens
Charaxes contrarius
Charaxes corax
Charaxes coryndoni
Charaxes cottrelli
Charaxes couilloudi
Charaxes cowani
Charaxes crepax
Charaxes cryanae
Charaxes cunctator
Charaxes cupropurpurea
Charaxes cyanescens
Charaxes cybistia
Charaxes cymo
Charaxes cynthia
Charaxes cytila
Charaxes daemoniacus
Charaxes daria
Charaxes dealbata
Charaxes demaculata
Charaxes demonax
Charaxes depuncta
Charaxes desa
Charaxes desmondi
Charaxes dewitzi
Charaxes diana
Charaxes didingensis
Charaxes dilutus
Charaxes discipicta
Charaxes distanti
Charaxes diversiforma
Charaxes dohertyi
Charaxes doubledayi
Charaxes draconis
Charaxes dreuxi
Charaxes druceanus
Charaxes dubiosus
Charaxes dummeri
Charaxes dunkeli
Charaxes durnfordi - Chestnut Rajah
Charaxes dux
Charaxes dyscrita
Charaxes echo
Charaxes ecketti
Charaxes ehmckei
Charaxes elatias
Charaxes elgonae
Charaxes elwesi
Charaxes enganicus
Charaxes entabeni
Charaxes ephyra
Charaxes epifabius
Charaxes epijasioides
Charaxes epijasius
Charaxes epilais
Charaxes erithalion
Charaxes erythraea
Charaxes etesipe
Charaxes ethalion
Charaxes ethalionoides
Charaxes etheocles
Charaxes etheoclessa
Charaxes etheta
Charaxes eudoxus
Charaxes eupale
Charaxes euphanes
Charaxes euriale
Charaxes eurialus
Charaxes europaeus
Charaxes evansi
Charaxes everetti
Charaxes evoei
Charaxes fabius
Charaxes falcata
Charaxes fallax
Charaxes faroensis
Charaxes fasciatus
Charaxes feisthameli

Charaxes fervens
Charaxes figinii
Charaxes fionae
Charaxes firmus
Charaxes flavescens
Charaxes flavifasciatus
Charaxes flavimarginalis
Charaxes flavomarginatus
Charaxes flavus
Charaxes florensis
Charaxes foklinae
Charaxes forcipigerans
Charaxes fournierae
Charaxes fractifascia
Charaxes franouxi
Charaxes freyi
Charaxes fulgens
Charaxes fulgurata
Charaxes fuscus
Charaxes gabonica
Charaxes galawadiwosi
Charaxes galba
Charaxes gallagheri
Charaxes gallayi
Charaxes ganalensis
Charaxes gazanus
Charaxes geminus
Charaxes genovefae
Charaxes georgius
Charaxes geraldi
Charaxes gerdae
Charaxes ghanaensis
Charaxes gigantea
Charaxes giselae
Charaxes godarti
Charaxes gordoni
Charaxes grahamei
Charaxes griseus
Charaxes guderiana
Charaxes guineensis
Charaxes hadrianus
Charaxes hageni
Charaxes hamatus
Charaxes hamulosa
Charaxes handari
Charaxes hannibal
Charaxes hansalii
Charaxes harmodius
Charaxes harpagon
Charaxes harpax
Charaxes harrisoni
Charaxes helgae
Charaxes hemana
Charaxes hierax
Charaxes hildebrandtii
Charaxes hindia
Charaxes hipponax
Charaxes hollandii
Charaxes homerus
Charaxes homeyeri
Charaxes homochroa
Charaxes homonymus
Charaxes horatianus
Charaxes horatius
Charaxes howardi
Charaxes howarthi
Charaxes hysginus
Charaxes illuminata
Charaxes imitans
Charaxes imitatrix
Charaxes imna
Charaxes imperialis
Charaxes indefinita
Charaxes inexpectata
Charaxes infernus
Charaxes infraconfluens
Charaxes inopinatus
Charaxes inornata
Charaxes instabilis
Charaxes intermedia
Charaxes intermedius
Charaxes interposita
Charaxes iocaste
Charaxes isabellae
Charaxes jacksoni
Charaxes jacksonianus
Charaxes jahlusa
Charaxes jalinder
Charaxes jasius - Two-tailed Pasha
Charaxes jason
Charaxes jeromei
Charaxes joanae
Charaxes jocaste
Charaxes johnsoni
Charaxes jordani
Charaxes junius
Charaxes kafakumbana
Charaxes kagera
Charaxes kahldeni
Charaxes kahruba - Variegated Rajah
Charaxes karkloof
Charaxes katangae
Charaxes katangensis
Charaxes katerae
Charaxes kennethi
Charaxes kenwayi
Charaxes kenyae
Charaxes kenyensis
Charaxes khasianus
Charaxes kheili
Charaxes khimalara
Charaxes kiellandi
Charaxes kigeziensis
Charaxes kigoma
Charaxes kikuyuensis
Charaxes kilimanjarica
Charaxes kilimensis
Charaxes kinduana
Charaxes kirki
Charaxes kirkoides
Charaxes kissericus
Charaxes kitungolensis
Charaxes kivuanus
Charaxes kulal
Charaxes kulalensis
Charaxes kungwensis
Charaxes lacteata
Charaxes lactetinctus
Charaxes lambertoni
Charaxes lampedo
Charaxes laodice
Charaxes lasti
Charaxes laticatena
Charaxes laticinctus
Charaxes latimargo
Charaxes latona
Charaxes layardi
Charaxes lecerfi
Charaxes lemosi
Charaxes lenis
Charaxes leoninus
Charaxes leopoldi
Charaxes leto
Charaxes levicki
Charaxes liberiae
Charaxes lichas
Charaxes limboexstans
Charaxes littoralis
Charaxes loandae
Charaxes lucida
Charaxes lucretius
Charaxes ludovici
Charaxes lugari
Charaxes luminosa
Charaxes lunawara
Charaxes lunigera
Charaxes luscius
Charaxes lutacea
Charaxes lutea
Charaxes lycurgus
Charaxes lydiae
Charaxes lysianassa
Charaxes macclounii
Charaxes maculata
Charaxes maculatus
Charaxes madensis
Charaxes mafuga
Charaxes mafugensis
Charaxes mahawedi
Charaxes major
Charaxes malvacea
Charaxes mangolianus
Charaxes manica
Charaxes marcia
Charaxes margaretae
Charaxes marginatus
Charaxes marginepunctata
Charaxes marica
Charaxes marieps
Charaxes maritima
Charaxes marmax - Yellow Rajah
Charaxes mars
Charaxes marsabitensis
Charaxes martini
Charaxes martinus
Charaxes masaba
Charaxes maudei
Charaxes maura
Charaxes mawamba
Charaxes maximus
Charaxes mechovi
Charaxes melas
Charaxes melloni
Charaxes merguia
Charaxes meridionalis
Charaxes meru
Charaxes metu
Charaxes metzgeri
Charaxes michelae
Charaxes midas
Charaxes mima
Charaxes minor
Charaxes mitchelli
Charaxes mitschkei
Charaxes mixtus
Charaxes moerens
Charaxes monteiri
Charaxes monticola
Charaxes montis
Charaxes mukuyu
Charaxes murina
Charaxes mutschatschana
Charaxes mycerina
Charaxes myron
Charaxes nagaensis
Charaxes naganum
Charaxes nairobicus
Charaxes nandina
Charaxes natalensis
Charaxes nausicaa
Charaxes neanthes
Charaxes nebularum
Charaxes negrosensis
Charaxes nesaea
Charaxes nesiope
Charaxes neumanni
Charaxes ngonga
Charaxes nichetes
Charaxes nicholii
Charaxes nigrescens
Charaxes nigropunctata
Charaxes nisus
Charaxes nitebis

Charaxes nobilis
Charaxes northcotti
Charaxes nothodes
Charaxes numenes
Charaxes nyanzae
Charaxes nyasae
Charaxes nyasana
Charaxes nyika
Charaxes nyikensis
Charaxes nzoia
Charaxes obscura
Charaxes obscuratus
Charaxes obsolescens
Charaxes obsoleta
Charaxes obudoensis
Charaxes occidens
Charaxes occidentalis
Charaxes ocellatus
Charaxes ochracea
Charaxes ochreata
Charaxes ochrefascia
Charaxes ochremaculata
Charaxes ochreomacula
Charaxes ochretincta
Charaxes octavus
Charaxes odysseus
Charaxes ogovensis
Charaxes ombiranus
Charaxes ongeus
Charaxes opinatus
Charaxes orchomenus
Charaxes orientalis
Charaxes orilus
Charaxes othello
Charaxes overlaeti
Charaxes pagenstecheri
Charaxes pallicimacula
Charaxes pallida
Charaxes pallidior
Charaxes pantherinus
Charaxes paphianus
Charaxes papuensis
Charaxes paradoxa
Charaxes parafervens
Charaxes paraperpullus
Charaxes parcepicta
Charaxes paris
Charaxes parmenion
Charaxes parvicaudatus
Charaxes patergodarti
Charaxes patrizii
Charaxes pauciventata
Charaxes pauliani
Charaxes peculiaris
Charaxes pelias
Charaxes pelopia
Charaxes pemba
Charaxes pembanus
Charaxes penningtoni
Charaxes penricei
Charaxes peridoneus
Charaxes perpullus
Charaxes petersi
Charaxes phaeacus
Charaxes phaeus
Charaxes phanera
Charaxes philopator
Charaxes philosarcus
Charaxes phlegmone
Charaxes phlegonotis
Charaxes phoebus
Charaxes phraortes
Charaxes picta
Charaxes plateni
Charaxes pleione
Charaxes pleistoanax
Charaxes plutus
Charaxes pollussa
Charaxes pollux
Charaxes polyxena
Charaxes olyxo
Charaxes pondoensis
Charaxes porthos
Charaxes praestantius
Charaxes primitiva
Charaxes princeps
Charaxes proadusta
Charaxes propinqua
Charaxes protocedreatis
Charaxes protoclea
Charaxes protokirki
Charaxes protomanica
Charaxes protonothodes
Charaxes proximans
Charaxes psaphon
Charaxes pseudobohemani
Charaxes pseudocarpenteri
Charaxes pseudofervens
Charaxes pseudomanica
Charaxes pseudophaeus
Charaxes pseudorosae
Charaxes pseudosmaragdalis
Charaxes purpurea
Charaxes purpurina
Charaxes pythodoris
Charaxes rabaiensis
Charaxes ragazzii
Charaxes raidhaka
Charaxes rectans
Charaxes reducta
Charaxes regalis
Charaxes regius
Charaxes reimeri
Charaxes relatus
Charaxes renati
Charaxes repetitus
Charaxes rex
Charaxes rhea
Charaxes richelmanni
Charaxes rogersi
Charaxes rosae
Charaxes rosea
Charaxes rosella
Charaxes rosemariae
Charaxes rossa
Charaxes rougeoti
Charaxes ruandana
Charaxes rubescens
Charaxes rwandensis
Charaxes rydoni
Charaxes sabulosus
Charaxes sambavanus
Charaxes saturnalis
Charaxes saturnus
Charaxes schoutedeni
Charaxes schultzei
Charaxes scylax
Charaxes selousi
Charaxes septentrionalis
Charaxes serendiba
Charaxes seriata
Charaxes severus
Charaxes sidamo
Charaxes sinensis
Charaxes sinuosa
Charaxes smaragdalis
Charaxes solon - Black Rajah
Charaxes somalicus
Charaxes sorianoi
Charaxes splendens
Charaxes spoliata
Charaxes spoliatus
Charaxes staudingeri
Charaxes stephanus
Charaxes stevensoni
Charaxes subalbescens
Charaxes subargentea
Charaxes subcaerulea
Charaxes subornatus
Charaxes subpallida
Charaxes suk
Charaxes sulaensis
Charaxes sulphureus
Charaxes sumatranus
Charaxes sumbanus
Charaxes superbus
Charaxes suppressa
Charaxes swynnertoni
Charaxes talagugae
Charaxes tanganika
Charaxes tanganyikae
Charaxes taverniersi
Charaxes tavetensis
Charaxes tectonis
Charaxes teita
Charaxes tenuis
Charaxes theobaldo
Charaxes theresae
Charaxes thersander
Charaxes thespius
Charaxes thomasius
Charaxes thurius
Charaxes thyestes
Charaxes thysii
Charaxes tilli
Charaxes tiridates
Charaxes tiridatinus
Charaxes toro
Charaxes toyoshimai
Charaxes tricolor
Charaxes tristis
Charaxes turlini
Charaxes ufipa
Charaxes unedonis
Charaxes ungemachi
Charaxes uniformis
Charaxes upembana
Charaxes usambarae
Charaxes vandepolli
Charaxes vansomereni
Charaxes vansoni
Charaxes vansonoides
Charaxes varenius
Charaxes variata
Charaxes velox
Charaxes vetula
Charaxes victoriaeincola
Charaxes viettei
Charaxes viola
Charaxes violacea
Charaxes violetta
Charaxes violitincta
Charaxes viridicaerulea
Charaxes viridicostatus
Charaxes viridis
Charaxes virilis
Charaxes vumbui
Charaxes wallacei
Charaxes watti
Charaxes wbrunnea
Charaxes wernickei
Charaxes wetterensis
Charaxes whytei
Charaxes wincka
Charaxes woodi
Charaxes xiphares
Charaxes zambiae
Charaxes zelica
Charaxes zephyrus
Charaxes zinjense
Charaxes zoippus
Charaxes zoolina

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Pteron In Japanese but with an excellent photo collection. The Scarce Tawny Rajah ( Charaxes aristogiton) is a Butterfly Species found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group that is The Tawny Rajah ( Charaxes bernardus) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group that is the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed The Chestnut Rajah ( Charaxes durnfordi) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group that is the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed The Two-tailed Pasha ( Charaxes jasius) is a butterfly which can be seen only in the Mediterranean regions in August and September The Variegated Rajah ( Charaxes kahruba) is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group that is the Charaxinae group of The Yellow Rajah ( Charaxes marmax) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Rajahs and Nawabs group that is the Charaxinae group of the Brush-footed The Black Rajah ( Charaxes solon) is a Butterfly Species found in tropical Asia. Correctly identified image have binomial names.

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