- Charaxes smaragdalis
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Charaxes smaragdalis 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Charaxes Species: C. smaragdalis Binomial name Charaxes smaragdalis
Butler, [1866]Synonyms - Charaxes smaragdalis schoutedeni Ghesquière, 1933
- Charaxes princeps Butler, 1896
- Charaxes smaragdalis orientalis Joicey & Talbot, 1918 (preocc. Lanz, 1896)
The Western Blue Charaxes (Charaxes smaragdalis) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Senegal to Somalia, from Angola to Kenya and from Sudan to Egypt.
The wingspan is 85-100 mm. Adults are black with white and blue bands and spots. The hindwings each have two little tails.
Subspecies
- Charaxes smaragdalis smaragdalis (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire)
- Charaxes smaragdalis butleri Rothschild, 1900 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia)
- Charaxes smaragdalis caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 (eastern Zaire, south-western Uganda)
- Charaxes smaragdalis elgonae van Someren, 1964 (Uganda)
- Charaxes smaragdalis gobyae Plantrou, 1988 (south-eastern Sudan)
- Charaxes smaragdalis kagera van Someren, 1964 (north-western Tanzania, south-western Uganda)
- Charaxes smaragdalis kigoma van Someren, 1964 (Tanzania)
- Charaxes smaragdalis leopoldi Ghesquière, 1933 (northern Angola, eastern Congo, south-western Zaire)
- Charaxes smaragdalis metu van Someren, 1964 (south-western Sudan, northern Uganda)
- Charaxes smaragdalis toro van Someren, 1964 (western Uganda)
- Charaxes smaragdalis allardi Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 1997
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