Charaxes (Polyura) caphontis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is endemic to Fiji.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 The only species of the genus [Eriboea (Polyura pars]with a reddish-brown double-row on the upper surface of the hindwings. The under surface of the male is dark chestnut brown, of the female greyish-brown. The markings of the upper surface are repeated, except the greenish band of the hindwings, which, moreover, in the female consists only of a thin line on the upper surface. Flying time according to Woodford in November, the rainy period, in the Fidji Islands. According to Rothschild and Jordan there are also males with a yellowish median band being distinctly pronounced also on the under surface of the hindwing
Subspecies C. c. caphontis (Viti Levu Island, Ovalu Island, Taveuni Island) C. c. nambavatua Smiles, 1982 (Vanua Mbbalavu Island)
References
External links Polyura Billberg, 1820 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms