''Charaxes phenix'' 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

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

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Subspecies

*''Charaxes phenix phenix'' (Tanzania: Nguu Mountains) *''Charaxes phenix daniellae'' White, 1996 White , R.S. 1996. A new ''Charaxes'' from the Mwanihana Forest in Tanzania. (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae). '' Lambillionea'' 96 (Numero Special): 49-51. (Tanzania: Uzungwa Range)

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''Charaxes phenix'' images
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Butterflies described in 1993

phenix Phenix or Phénix may refer to: Buildings * Phenix Baptist Church, West Warwick, Rhode Island, formerly on the National Register of Historic Places * Phenix Building (Chicago), an office building, demolished in 1957 * De Phenix, Marrum, a smock ...

Endemic fauna of Tanzania Butterflies of Africa {{Charaxinae-stub