Charaxes aubyni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
The habitat consists of montane and semi-montane forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera, Albizia adianthifolia and Albizia schimperana.
Taxonomy Charaxes aubyni is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles
Subspecies Charaxes aubyni aubyni (south-eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania) Charaxes aubyni australis van Someren & Jackson, 1957Van Someren, V.G.L. & Jackson, T.H.E., 1957. The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 41-58. (Malawi, southern and south-central Tanzania, Zambia) Charaxes aubyni ecketti van Someren & Jackson, 1957 (central and south-western Kenya)
References
Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)45-101.
External links
Images of C. aubyni aubyni Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project) Images of C. aubyni ecketti Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project) Charaxes aubyni images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Charaxes aubyni aubyni images at BOLD Charaxes aubyni australis images at BOLD verso African Butterfly Database Range map via search