Charaxes thysi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Description
Ch. thysi Capronn. male above black with intensive blue reflection; both wings beyond the middle with a common dark blue transverse band, on the hindwing 6 mm. in breadth, on the forewing somewhat narrower and broken up into spots; hindwing with white submarginal dots and bluish marginal streaks. This remarkably beautiful but very rare species differs from all other African forms in its bright silvery under surface, which is divided beyond the middle by a red-brown, black-spotted transverse band 2—-3 mm. in breadth. The female is unknown. Congo. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. Biology The habitat consists of forests.
Taxonomy Charaxes thysi is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
Realm Afrotropical realm
References
Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)215-264.
External links Images of C. thysi Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project) Charaxes thysi images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life including Holotype External images