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The forest king emperor or forest king charaxes (''Charaxes xiphares'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found southern Africa (Afrotropical ecozone) 〔(''Charaxes'' ), funet.fi〕 The wingspan is 65–80 mm in males and 70–95 mm in females.〔Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005〕 The larvae feed on ''Craibia brevecaudata'', ''Scutia myrtina'', ''Rhamnus prinoides'', ''Cryptocarya woodii'', ''Scutia myrtina'', ''Chaetachme aristata'', and ''Drypetes gerrardii''.〔〔 ==Subspecies== Listed alphabetically.〔 *''C. x. bavenda'' van Son, 1935 (South Africa: Limpopo Province to the Zoutpansberg) *''C. x. bergeri'' Plantrou, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo) *''C. x. brevicaudatus'' Schultze, 1914 (southern Tanzania) *''C. x. burgessi'' van Son, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, south-western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi) *''C. x. desmondi'' van Someren, 1936 (Kenya: south-east to the Teita Hills) *''C. x. draconis'' Jordan, 1936 (South Africa: Mpumalanga, Swaziland) *''C. x. kenwayi'' Poulton, 1929 (South Africa: Limpopo Province to the north-east) *''C. x. kiellandi'' Plantrou, 1976 (northern Tanzania) *''C. x. kilimensis'' van Someren, 1972 (northern Tanzania) *''C. x. kulal'' van Someren, 1962 (Kenya: north to Mount Kulal) *''C. x. ludovici'' Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 (northern Malawi, north-eastern Zambia) *''C. x. maudei'' Joicey & Talbot, 1917 (north-eastern Tanzania) *''C. x. nguru'' Collins, 1988 (eastern Tanzania) *''C. x. occidentalis'' Pringle, 1995 (South Africa: Western Cape Province) *''C. x. penningtoni'' van Son, 1953 (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal) *''C. x. sitebi'' Plantou, 1981 (north-western Tanzania) *''C. x. staudei'' Henning & Henning, 1992 (South Africa: Limpopo Province to the north-east and north-west slopes of the Blouberg) *''C. x. thyestes'' (Stoll, 1790) (South Africa: Eastern Cape Province) *''C. x. upembana'' Plantrou, 1976 (Democratic Republic of Congo) *''C. x. vumbui'' van Son, 1936 (eastern Zimbabwe) *''C. x. walwandi'' Collins, 1989 (Kenya, Tanzania) *''C. x. wernickei'' Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (Cameroon) *''C. x. woodi'' van Someren, 1964 (southern Malawi) *''C. x. xiphares'' (Stoll, ()) (South Africa: Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province) 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 xiphares」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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