''Charaxes thomasius'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.

Description

The basal area of the upperside forewing and a smaller basal area of the hindwing is light yellow. The rest is dark chestnut brown with small and faint submarginal and marginal stains.

Taxonomy

The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of ''

Charaxes candiope ''Charaxes candiope'', the green-veined emperor or green-veined charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common in sub-Saharan Africa. Biology The habitat is forest and savanna excluding arid savanna. It also occurs in garden ...

''. It is considered part of the ''

'' group.

Realm

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

References

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''Charaxes thomasius'' images
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Butterflies described in 1886 thomasius Invertebrates of São Tomé and Príncipe Endemic fauna of São Tomé Island Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Charaxinae-stub