Charaxes octavus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of tropical forests.
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
References
External links Charaxes octavus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life