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The Violet-spotted Emperor or Violet-spotted Charaxes (''Charaxes violetta'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.〔(''Charaxes'' ), funet.fi〕 The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 75–85 mm in females. Species is double brooded from August to October and April to June.〔Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005〕 Larvae feed on ''Blighia'' (''Blighia unijugata'') and ''Deinbollia'' species.〔〔 ==Original Description== Charaxes Violetta. Upper-side. male. Anterior-wings dark brown, suffused slightly with violet, with a curved row of violet-blue spots across the middle of the wings, and a sub-marginal row of similar spots from near the costa to the inner margin, the lower half of the two rows becoming confluent, the two sub-marginal spots near the apex nearly white. Posterior-wings with a broad central band of violet-blue, suffused with white from the second sub-costal nervule to the abdominal fold near the anal angle ; above this band are two pairs of violet-blue spots, a sub-marginal row of seven small spots, and a row of elongated spots on the margin on each side of the nervules, all violet-blue suffused with white.female. Anterior-wings with a broad curved band across the centre of the wings from the costa to the inner margin, and two white transverse spots near the apex. Posterior-wings : the inner half, from near the base, white, suffused with violet, a sub-marginal row of small white spots, and a marginal white line intercepted by the nervures, both suffused with violet. Under-side. Both wings as in ''Ch. cithaeron'' except that the central black line across both wings, which is broadly bordered on the outside with white, is straight and continuous, not irregular and interrupted as in ''cithaeron''. This species on the upper-side has a general resemblance to ''cithaeron'' it is more violet-blue, and is smaller in size, particularly the female, which is not so large as the male ''cithaeron'' while the under-side of both sexes is very distinct from ''cithaeron'' Expanse 3 and 1/8 in. Hab. : Delagoa Bay. London : February, 1885. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charaxes violetta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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