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Charaxes xiphares (Forest king emperor)     

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Nymphalidae > Subfamily: Charaxinae > Genus: Charaxes

Charaxes xiphares (Forest king emperor) Charaxes xiphares (Forest king emperor)
Charaxes xiphares (Forest king emperor) male. [photo Steve Woodhall ©] Charaxes xiphares (Forest king emperor) female, Linwood. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]
Charaxes xiphares (Forest king emperor) Charaxes xiphares (Forest king emperor)

Charaxes xiphares (Forest king emperor) female. [photos Steve Woodhall ©]