Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Subspecies

• [Charaxes] jasius epijasius (Reiche, 1850)
  - maculatus (Suffert, 1904)
  - murina (Le Cerf, 1923)
  - feisthameli (Le Cerf, 1923)
  - liberiae (Le Cerf, 1923)
  - aeson (Stoneham, 1960)
  - plutus (Stoneham, 1960)
  - alcimede (Stoneham, 1960)
  - melas (Van Someren, 1963)
  - aesonius (Stoneham, 1964)
  

Adult morphology	Wingspan	47
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	734
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	447
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	GUI: Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone GUI
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	WWE: Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species) WWE

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Celastraceae
  - Elaeodendron
  - Gymnosporia
  - Maytenus

• Ericaceae
  - Arbutus

• Euphorbiaceae
  - Croton

• Fabaceae
  - Afzelia
  - Bauhinia
  - Berlinia
  - Brachystegia
  - Burkea
  - Isoberlinia
  - Schotia

• Malvaceae
  - Hibiscus

• Meliaceae
  - Pseudocedrela

• Poaceae
  - Sorghum

• Proteaceae
  - Protea

• Celastraceae
  - Elaeodendron
  - Gymnosporia
  - Maytenus
• Ericaceae
  - Arbutus
• Euphorbiaceae
  - Croton
• Fabaceae
  - Afzelia
  - Bauhinia
  - Berlinia
  - Brachystegia
  - Burkea
  - Isoberlinia
  - Schotia
• Malvaceae
  - Hibiscus
• Meliaceae
  - Pseudocedrela
• Poaceae
  - Sorghum
• Proteaceae
  - Protea