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| name = Silver-barred emperor
| image = Charaxes druceanus.JPG
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| taxon = Charaxes druceanus
| authority = Butler, 1869
| synonyms =- Charaxes cinadon Hewitson, 1870
- Charaxes druceanus var. obscura Rebel, 1914
- Charaxes druceanus kivuanus Jordan, 1925
- Charaxes druceanus cryanae Le Cerf, 1932
- Charaxes druceanus obscura f. nyungwe Turlin, 1980
- Charaxes alicea Stoneham, 1931
- Charaxes druceanus proximans f. lugari van Someren, 1939
}}Charaxes druceanus, the silver-barred emperor or silver-barred charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout Africa.[1]The wingspan is 55–70 mm in males and 65–85 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.[2] The larvae feed on various Syzygium species (including Syzygium cordatum and Syzygium guineense), Bersama abyssinica,[1][2] Eugenia species, and Schefflera goetzenii. HabitatCoastal belt and forest edges up to more than 5,000 m. SubspeciesListed alphabetically:[1] - C. d. brazza Turlin, 1987 (Congo: Kinkala, Bela)
- C. d. druceanus Butler, 1869 (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal))
- C. d. entabeni van Someren, 1963 (South Africa: Limpopo Province to the Zoutpansberg)
- C. d. katamayu Plantrou, 1982 (Kenya: south to the area east of the Rift Valley)
- C. d. obscura Rebel, 1914 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Rwanda, western Burundi)
- C. d. moerens Jordan, 1936 (South Africa: Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga, Swaziland)
- C. d. praestans Turlin, 1989 (north-eastern Tanzania)
- C. d. proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Angola, eastern Rwanda, eastern Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, north-western Zimbabwe)
- C. d. septentrionalis Lathy, 1926 (eastern Uganda, western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- C. d. solitaria Henning & Henning, 1992 (South Africa: north-east and north-west slopes of the Blouberg)
- C. d. stevensoni van Someren, 1963 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
- C. d. teita van Someren, 1939 (south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania: north to the Arusha-Moshi district)
- C. d. vivianae Plantrou, 1982 (Sudan: south to the Imatong Mountains)
- C. d. williamsi Plantrou, 1982 (Kenya: south-east to Mount Kasigau)
TaxonomyThe Charaxes jasius group consists of: - Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
- Charaxes hansali
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
- Charaxes andara – Madagascar
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes pollux
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar, close to next
- Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes richelmanni
References1. ^1 2 "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^1 {{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1963 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102952#page/251/mode/1up]
- Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19545#page/127/mode/1up] Additional notes
External links- Charaxes druceanus images Subspecies and forms on Charaxes page at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images of C. druceanus druceanus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. druceanus obscura (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. druceanus proximans (Albertine Rift Project)
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