Charaxes etesipe tavetensis - Scarce forest charaxes

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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.

Species details:

Notes: The image shows a male.
Distribution: This race: coastal Kenya and Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, northern KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
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Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 93.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 110.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Charaxinae, p. 160, Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: The Tanzania flora team, 2026

The Tanzania flora team (2026). Flora of Tanzania: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Charaxes etesipe tavetensis.
https://www.tanzaniaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403440, retrieved 14 August 2026

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