Pubt. 1. I. 1912. 
CHARAXES. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
2. Females in which the forewing above has a curved white transverse band running from the costal 
margin towards the anal angle or the hindmargin. 
f. cedreatis Hew. (33 c). Forewing above at the base to the white transverse band and hindwing to 5 mm. cedreatis. 
from the distal margin olive-grey; the white transverse band of the forewing in cellules 2—6 5mm. in breadth 
and sharply defined, in la indistinct; apical part black with 2 whitish postdiscal spots in 6 and 7. Hindwing 
with whitish submarginal and greenish marginal streaks. Above coloured and marked as in the $$ of tiridates 
and numenes. Gold Coast to Angola. — f. rosae Btlr. Hindwing also with a broad whitish or light blue median rosae. 
band above; basal part of both wings brown with metallic reflections. Hindwing beneath with or without 
white median band. Delagoa Bay to Taveta. — f. lunigera Rothscli. Hindwing above light blue to 5 or 6 mm. lunigera. 
from the distal margin; basal part of the fore wing brown; forewing above in cellules 3—7 with strongly curved 
bluish white submarginal spots. Angola. — f. nianica Trim. (33 b). Hindwing as in lunigera ; forewing above manica. 
bright blue tc the transverse band. Angola, Manicaland, Nyassaland. Recalls the $ of Ch. bohemani. — f. 
vetula Rothsch. The white transverse band of the forewing terminates at vein 2; the blue colour of the upper vetula. 
surface less decided, at the base somewhat indistinct; otherwise agreeing with manica. Ogowe River. 
3. Females in which the forewing above is bright blue at least to vein 3 and the hindwing to far beyond 
the middle. Forewing without white transverse band. 
f. phaeus Hew. Forewing above with postdiscal spots only in cellules 3—7. Delagoa Bay to German phaeus. 
East Africa. — f. coryndoni Rothsch. The postdiscal spots of the forewing are all present, those in la and lb coryndoni. 
joined to the blue basal area; forewing with small blue marginal spots; marginal streaks of the hindwing thick 
and greenish. Under surface with reddish grey ground-colour and weakly marked. Zambesi. — 
All the above forms are regarded by Rothschild and Jordan as one geographical race. -—- On 
the other hand viola Btlr., which is distributed from Senegambia to the Cameroons hinterland, may be regarded viola. 
as a separate race. small, expanse only 48—50 mm. Forewing above black with a blue spot in the cell, 
a white cliscal spot in cellule 6, two very small, indistinct postdiscal dots in 6 and 7 and thick blue-grey 
marginal streaks, almost united into a band. Hindwing above in cellules 2—4 with fine undulate blue post¬ 
discal line just before the white-dotted submarginal spots and with blue marginal streaks, in cellules 5—7 whitish 
and dotted with red-yellow. wings above black-brown; forewing with a light yellow transverse band 4—5 mm. 
from the distal margin, in cellules 1 a—3 usually confluent and 5—8 mm. in breadth, but in cellules 4—7 divided 
into two branches, of which the outer is uniformly curved. Hindwing above with a broad white, posteriorly 
bluish transverse band, white submarginal and thick marginal streaks, the latter greenish in cellules lc—3 
and orange-yellow in 4—6. 
Ch. ethalion Bdv. Very nearly allied to the preceding species and only differing in the male in the ethalion. 
genital armature and in the female in having the cell of the forewing above unicolorous, never with light spots. 
S : wings above velvety black, almost without metallic gloss. Forewing above without marginal spots and at 
most with a postdiscal and a discal spot; spot in the cell often absent. Hindwing with small or indistinct 
whitish submarginal dots and greenish, in cellules 4—-6 often red-yellow marginal streaks. The $ is similar 
to that of etheocles f. etheocles, but has no spot in the cell of the forewing. The markings are white, ochre-yellow 
or bluish. Cape to British East Africa. — Larva unicolorous green with a yellowish-bordered spot on the sixth 
segment. — ^-ab. kitungulensis Strand has two postdiscal spots in 6 and 7, but no other light spots on the kitungu- 
forewing. German East Africa: Kitungulu. lensis. 
10. Acraeoides Group. 
The only species belonging to this group differs from all other Charaxes in its Acraea- like markings. 
Ch. acraeoides Druce. Head black with four yellow spots, two at each side above the eye; antenna acraeoides. 
and body above black, a white spot on the thorax behind the collar and a yellow one at each side of the thorax; 
palpus above black, beneath yellow; breast and underside of the abdomen orange-yellow; legs black; forewing 
above black with a subapical band of 4 yellowish white spots; hindmargin with red streak and before it 5 
large red spots, the one near the hinder angle the largest. Hindwing above red, at the base and the inner margin 
black; hinder angle and a part of the inner margin yellowish white; a rather broad black marginal band, 
which encloses no white submarginal dots; a black transverse streak at the end of the cell. Forewing beneath 
in the apical part light yellow-brown with black veins and interneural folds; the light subapical band 
as above, but proximally bordered by a row of black spots which is continued to the hinder angle; the cell 
and the middle of the wing greenish grey; the cell with the usual black transverse markings; the wing behind 
the cell orange-red. Hindwing beneath orange-red, lightest before the cell and at the anal angle; distal margin 
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