genus

CharaxesOchsenheimer, 1816

Emperor Butterflies

species: 97out of 15463% covered
images: 1,782

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

genusCharaxes97 species1,782 images
- speciesCharaxes achaemenesFelder, C. & Felder, R., 186627 images
- speciesCharaxes acraeoidesDruce, 19082 images
- speciesCharaxes acuminatusThurau, 190317 images
- speciesCharaxes affinisButler, 186511 images
- speciesCharaxes albimaculatusvan Someren, 1972
- speciesCharaxes alpinusvan Someren & Jackson, 1957
- speciesCharaxes alticolaGrünberg, 19124 images
- speciesCharaxes ameliaeDoumet, 186127 images
- speciesCharaxes amycusFelder, 186117 images
- speciesCharaxes analavaWard, 187210 images
- speciesCharaxes andranodorusMabille, 18846 images
- speciesCharaxes ansorgeiRothschild, 189712 images
- speciesCharaxes antamboulouLucas, 187210 images
- speciesCharaxes anticlea(Drury, 1782)30 images
- speciesCharaxes antoniusSemper, 18784 images
- speciesCharaxes aristogitonFelder, C. & Felder, R., 186611 images
- speciesCharaxes athamas
- speciesCharaxes aubhurivan Son
- speciesCharaxes aubyniPoulton, 19264 images
- speciesCharaxes baileyivan Someren, 1958
- speciesCharaxes balfouriiButler, 1881
- speciesCharaxes barnsiJoicey & Talbot, 1927
- speciesCharaxes baumanniRogenhofer, 189122 images
- speciesCharaxes berkeleyivan Someren & Jackson, 1957
- speciesCharaxes bernardiiMinig, 1977
- speciesCharaxes bernardus(Fabricius, 1793)131 images
- speciesCharaxes bipunctatusRothschild, 189422 images
- speciesCharaxes blandaRothschild, 18972 images
- speciesCharaxes bocquetiMinig, 1977
- speciesCharaxes bohemaniFelder, C. & Felder, R., 185926 images
- speciesCharaxes borneensisButler, 186918 images
- speciesCharaxes bouetiFeisthamel, 185022 images
- speciesCharaxes brevicaudatusSchultze, 1914
- speciesCharaxes brutus(Cramer)52 images
- speciesCharaxes bupalusStaudinger, 1889
- speciesCharaxes candiope(Godart, 1824)35 images
- speciesCharaxes castor(Cramer)25 images
- speciesCharaxes catachrousStaudinger, 18963 images
- speciesCharaxes cedreatisHewitson, 18749 images
- speciesCharaxes chepalunguvan Someren, 1969
- speciesCharaxes chintechiMinig, 1976
- speciesCharaxes chittyiD'Abrera, 1980
- speciesCharaxes cithaeronFelder, 185934 images
- speciesCharaxes contrariusWeymer, 1907
- speciesCharaxes cowaniButler, 18785 images
- speciesCharaxes cynthiaButler, 186520 images
- speciesCharaxes dilutusRothschild, 189817 images
- speciesCharaxes distantiHonrath, 188522 images
- speciesCharaxes doubledayiAurivillius, 18988 images
- speciesCharaxes dowsettiHenning, 1989
- speciesCharaxes dreuxiBouché & Minig, 1977
- speciesCharaxes druceanusButler, 186927 images
- speciesCharaxes dunkeliRöber, 1939
- speciesCharaxes durnfordiDistant, 188420 images
- speciesCharaxes etesipe(Godart, 1824)42 images
- speciesCharaxes ethalion(Boisduval, 1847)27 images
- speciesCharaxes etheocles(Cramer, 1777)48 images
- speciesCharaxes eudoxus(Drury, 1782)15 images
- speciesCharaxes eupale(Drury, 1782)34 images
- speciesCharaxes eurialus(Cramer, 1776)6 images
- speciesCharaxes fabius(Fabricius, 1782)1 image
- speciesCharaxes fervensButler, 1896
- speciesCharaxes fionaeHenning, 1977
- speciesCharaxes fournieraeLe Cerf, 1930
- speciesCharaxes fulgurataAurivillius, 1899
- speciesCharaxes fulvescens(Aurivillius, 1891)20 images
- speciesCharaxes fuscusPlantrou, 1967recorded as Diaphanos fuscus3 images
- speciesCharaxes galawadiwosiPlantrou & Rougeot, 1979
- speciesCharaxes gallagherivan Son, 1962
- speciesCharaxes gerdaeRydon, 1989
- speciesCharaxes grahameivan Someren, 1969
- speciesCharaxes guderiana(Dewitz, 1879)32 images
- speciesCharaxes hadrianusWard, 187114 images
- speciesCharaxes hansaliiFelder, 18667 images
- speciesCharaxes harmodiusFelder, 18669 images
- speciesCharaxes hildebrandtii(Dewitz, 1879)6 images
- speciesCharaxes howarthiMinig, 1976
- speciesCharaxes hysginusDarge, 1978
- speciesCharaxes imperialisButler, 187414 images
- speciesCharaxes inopinatusRöber, 1940
- speciesCharaxes jahlusa(Trimen, 1862)30 images
- speciesCharaxes jasius(Linnaeus, 1767)80 images
- speciesCharaxes kahldeniHomeyer & Dewitz, 188210 images
- speciesCharaxes kahruba(Moore, 1895)8 images
- speciesCharaxes karkloofvan Someren & Jackson, 1957
- speciesCharaxes kheiliStaudinger, 1896
- speciesCharaxes lactetinctusKarsch, 18928 images
- speciesCharaxes laodice(Drury, 1782)2 images
- speciesCharaxes lastiGrose-Smith, 188918 images
- speciesCharaxes latonaButler, 186516 images
- speciesCharaxes lucretius(Cramer, 1777)28 images
- speciesCharaxes lydiaeHolland, 1917
- speciesCharaxes mafugavan Someren, 19692 images
- speciesCharaxes manicaTrimen, 18945 images
- speciesCharaxes margaretaeD'Abrera, 1980
- speciesCharaxes mariepsvan Someren & Jackson, 1957
- speciesCharaxes marmaxWestwood, 184836 images
- speciesCharaxes marsStaudinger, 1886
- speciesCharaxes martinivan Someren, 1966
- speciesCharaxes mccleeryivan Someren, 19726 images
- speciesCharaxes mixtusRothschild, 189411 images
- speciesCharaxes monteiriStaudinger, 1885
- speciesCharaxes mycerina(Godart, 1824)6 images
- speciesCharaxes narcaea
- speciesCharaxes neanthes(Hewitson, 1854)
- speciesCharaxes nichetesGrose-Smith, 188317 images
- speciesCharaxes nitebis(Hewitson, 1859)3 images
- speciesCharaxes nobilisDruce, 18736 images
- speciesCharaxes numenes(Hewitson, 1859)32 images
- speciesCharaxes nyikavan Someren, 1963
- speciesCharaxes obudoensisvan Someren, 1969
- speciesCharaxes ocellatusFruhstorfer, 1896
- speciesCharaxes octavusMinig, 1971
- speciesCharaxes odysseusStaudinger, 1892
- speciesCharaxes opinatusHeron, 19096 images
- speciesCharaxes orilusButler, 1869
- speciesCharaxes overlaetiSchouteden, 1934
- speciesCharaxes paphianusWard, 187120 images
- speciesCharaxes paradoxaLathy, 1925
- speciesCharaxes patergodartiNeidhoefer, 1972
- speciesCharaxes pelias(Cramer)2 images
- speciesCharaxes pembanusJordan, 1925
- speciesCharaxes penriceiRothschild, 19002 images
- speciesCharaxes petersivan Someren, 19697 images
- speciesCharaxes phoebusButler, 18654 images
- speciesCharaxes phraortesDoubleday, 1847
- speciesCharaxes plateniStaudinger, 18892 images
- speciesCharaxes pleione(Godart, 1824)20 images
- speciesCharaxes pollux(Cramer)30 images
- speciesCharaxes porthosGrose-Smith, 18835 images
- speciesCharaxes protocleaFeisthamel, 185029 images
- speciesCharaxes psaphonWestwood, 184811 images
- speciesCharaxes pythodorisHewitson, 187311 images
- speciesCharaxes richelmanniRöber, 19362 images
- speciesCharaxes smaragdalisButler, 186531 images
- speciesCharaxes solon(Fabricius, 1793)44 images
- speciesCharaxes subornatusSchultze, 19146 images
- speciesCharaxes subrubidusvan Someren, 1972
- speciesCharaxes superbusSchultze, 19082 images
- speciesCharaxes taverniersiBerger, 1975
- speciesCharaxes thysiiCapronnier, 18892 images
- speciesCharaxes tiberius
- speciesCharaxes tiridates(Cramer, 1777)41 images
- speciesCharaxes turliniMinig & Plantrou, 1978
- speciesCharaxes usambaraevan Someren & Jackson, 1952
- speciesCharaxes vansonivan Someren, 1957
- speciesCharaxes varanesCramer, 176446 images
- speciesCharaxes violaButler, 186518 images
- speciesCharaxes violettaGrose-Smith, 188516 images
- speciesCharaxes virilisRothschild, 19002 images
- speciesCharaxes xiphares(Cramer, 1781)25 images
- speciesCharaxes zelicaButler, 186912 images
- speciesCharaxes zingha(Stoll, 1780)21 images
- speciesCharaxes zoolina(Westwood)51 images

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Classification