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''Charaxes kahruba'', the variegated rajah, is a butterfly found in
On the underside the ground colour is paler yellow than in ''marmax'', the transverse black lines crossing both wings more sinuous and more heavily marked, the space between the sinuous transverse lines immediately below apex of cell of forewing, and the space between the continuations of the same lines on the hindwing, rich dark ochraceous chestnut. On both forewing and hindwing the space beyond the lunular, postdiscal, transverse line heavily marked with ochraceous chestnut, especially on the hindwing; the subterminal line of silvery spots on the forewing forms a continuous band; the terminal narrow reddish-brown band on the hindwing very strongly marked. In the female the differences on the underside from ''marmax'' are similar in character and as conspicuous and marked as in the male.
The wingspan is 90–115 mm.
Found in the Himalayas from Kumaon to Sikkim; Assam hill-ranges; Arrakan and Tenasserim.
Asia
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that belongs to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae
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The Charaxinae, the leafwings, are a nymphalid subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China, and southern A ...
group of the brush-footed butterflies
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a redu ...
family.
Description
This is very similar in appearance to ''Charaxes marmax
''Charaxes marmax'', the yellow rajah, is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the rajahs and nawabs group, that is, the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Description
The male has the ground colour of the upperside ...
''. On the upperside in the male two points of difference are—the short oblique portion of the postdiscal band on the forewing near the costal margin is narrower than in ''C. marmax'', and the broad black terminal band on forewing which in ''C. marmax'' terminates at vein 1, in ''kahruba'' extends to the dorsal margin.
On the underside the ground colour is paler yellow than in ''marmax'', the transverse black lines crossing both wings more sinuous and more heavily marked, the space between the sinuous transverse lines immediately below apex of cell of forewing, and the space between the continuations of the same lines on the hindwing, rich dark ochraceous chestnut. On both forewing and hindwing the space beyond the lunular, postdiscal, transverse line heavily marked with ochraceous chestnut, especially on the hindwing; the subterminal line of silvery spots on the forewing forms a continuous band; the terminal narrow reddish-brown band on the hindwing very strongly marked. In the female the differences on the underside from ''marmax'' are similar in character and as conspicuous and marked as in the male.
The wingspan is 90–115 mm.
Found in the Himalayas from Kumaon to Sikkim; Assam hill-ranges; Arrakan and Tenasserim.
See also
*Charaxinae
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The Charaxinae, the leafwings, are a nymphalid subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China, and southern A ...
*Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
*List of butterflies of India
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.
India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, i ...
*List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
Danainae (26 spp)
See List of butterflies of India (Danainae).
Morphi ...
References
Other sources
* kahruba Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies described in 1895 {{Charaxinae-stub