Charaxes castor (Cramer, [1775])

Subspecies

• [Charaxes] castor castor (Cramer, [1775])
  - godarti (Aurivillius, 1898)
  - aginga (Stoneham, 1931)
  - severus (Biederman, 1935)
  - flavimarginalis (Stoneham, 1936)
  

Adult morphology	Wingspan	50
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	736
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	436
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	DRF: Centered on the drier forests, including riverine and forest/savannah transition DRF
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	WWT: Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to the coastal forests of East Africa WWT

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Celastraceae
  - Elaeodendron
  - Gymnosporia
  - Maytenus

• Euphorbiaceae
  - Bridelia
  - Tragia

• Fabaceae
  - Afzelia
  - Bauhinia
  - Brachystegia
  - Cassia
  - Entada
  - Erythrina

• Iridaceae
  - Iris

• Poaceae
  - Sorghum

• Ulmaceae
  - Chaetacme
  - Trema

• Verbenaceae
  - Gmelina

• Celastraceae
  - Elaeodendron
  - Gymnosporia
  - Maytenus
• Euphorbiaceae
  - Bridelia
  - Tragia
• Fabaceae
  - Afzelia
  - Bauhinia
  - Brachystegia
  - Cassia
  - Entada
  - Erythrina
• Iridaceae
  - Iris
• Poaceae
  - Sorghum
• Ulmaceae
  - Chaetacme
  - Trema
• Verbenaceae
  - Gmelina