''Charaxes chevroti'', the Kagoro demon charaxes, 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 in north-central

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

.Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
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Charaxes etheocles ''Charaxes etheocles'', the demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the C ...

'' Cramer, 1777 and the shape of forewing is slightly broader. There is no metallic sheen on the upperside (c.f. ''

Charaxes virilis ''Charaxes virilis'', the blue demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democr ...

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Charaxes cedreatis ''Charaxes cedreatis'', the green demon charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republi ...

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Etymology

The species is named for Jean-Claude Chevrot, who collected extensively in the Kagoro Forest (the type location of the species) around 1980.

References

External links

''Charaxes chevroti'' images
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
African Butterfly Database
Range map via search Butterflies described in 2005 chevroti Endemic fauna of Nigeria Butterflies of Africa {{Charaxinae-stub