Ornate green charaxes butterfly

This female butterfly was collected in 1971 in Bangui, West Africa. Our records suggest that it was one of a number of specimens purchased for the collection by Anthony Adams (previous curator) from Le Blond’s Zoologists in London.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
205/1971/20/2
Collection Class
Arthropods
Collection Area Region
Central Africa
Common Name
ornate green charaxes butterfly
Simple Name
insect: butterfly
Period Classification
Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)

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NYMPHALIDAE: Charaxes subornatus Schultz, 1916: ornate green charaxes