Description
''lasti'' Smith male: the black spots on the upperside of the forewing which divide the median band are free or nearly so; the hindwing above is almost unicolorous red-yellow, only before the distal margin with a row of black submarginal spots. The female has a whitish yellow median band, which on the forewing is already divided into two branches from cellule 2, the proximal one composed of very irregular spots; the distal part of the forewing is black with small red-yellow marginal spots; the basal part of both wings yellow-brown; the hindwing with a broad black submarginal band before the red-yellow distal margin. Manicaland to Mombasa in British East Africa.Biology
The habitat consists of coastal and sub-coastal forests and heavy woodland. The larvae feed on ''Taxonomy
'' Charaxes cynthia'' group. The group members are: *'' Charaxes cynthia'' similar to '' Charaxes lucretius'' *'' Charaxes protoclea'' *'' Charaxes boueti'' close to next *''Charaxes lasti'' close to last *'' Charaxes alticola'' Related to '' Charaxes cynthia'', '' Charaxes macclounii'' and '' Charaxes boueti''Subspecies
*''Charaxes lasti lasti'' (Kenya: southern coast and the Shimba Hills, north-eastern Tanzania) *''Charaxes lasti kimbozae'' Kielland, 1984 Kielland, J. 1984. Two new subspecies of ''Charaxes lasti'' Grose Smith (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Tanzania. '' Lambillionea'' 83 (9-10): 70-77.(eastern Tanzania) *''Charaxes lasti magomberae'' Kielland, 1984 (eastern Tanzania)References
* Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1970). Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 197-25External links