''Charaxes octavus'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central African Republic.Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
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tropical forests Tropical forests (a.k.a. jungle) are forested landscapes in tropical regions: ''i.e.'' land areas approximately bounded by the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds. Some tropical fores ...

Taxonomy

Known from a single specimen from the type locality only. Probably a hybrid of '' brutus'' and '' lucretius''.Ackery, 1995 in Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I., et al. 1995. ''Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region''. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803. '' Charaxes lucretius'' group. The members are: *'' Charaxes lucretius'' *''Charaxes octavus'' *''

Charaxes odysseus ''Charaxes odysseus'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé. The species was described by Otto Staudinger in 1892. Description The wingspan of the male is 75 mm and the female is 95 mm. The ...

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Charaxes lactetinctus ''Charaxes lactetinctus'', the blue patch charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Repu ...

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''Charaxes octavus'' images
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Butterflies described in 1972 octavus Endemic fauna of the Central African Republic Butterflies of Africa {{Charaxinae-stub