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Giant Emperor/Giant Charaxes

Charaxes castor

Habitat:

Found throughout Africa. This was in the Zanzibar butterfly center

2 Species ID Suggestions

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago
Giant Emperor
Charaxes castor TrekNature | Charaxes castor Photo
White-barred Charaxes
Charaxes brutus Charaxes brutus - Information on Charaxes brutus


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4 Comments

Davidbygott
Davidbygott 9 years ago

Looks more like C. brutus than C. castor.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 11 years ago

Yes annmarie, it's OK! But it's important to specify it in the notes, under habitat, as with all captive species. The Zanzibar Butterfly Center tries to have only native species, but their location deep in the forest doesn't necessary represent the natural habitat for many of the butterflies species they have. Mentioning them is also good, they are a great facility.

annmarie.salem
annmarie.salem 11 years ago

Yes it is from the butterfly center! Is that okay? I would have specified in notes but was just quickly uploading!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 11 years ago

Hi annmarie! I notice the map location and the fruit left out for the butterflies. Is this from the Zanzibar Butterfly Centre?

annmarie.salem
Spotted by
annmarie.salem

Kwebona, Unguja South Region, Tanzania

Spotted on Jul 7, 2012
Submitted on Feb 1, 2013

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