Charaxes pembanus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Pemba Island, just off the east coast of Africa.
Description Similar to Charaxes usambarae but with shorter tails, less dentate wing margins and the females with larger pale forewing spots.Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363.
Biology The habitat consists of forest margins and woodland.
The larvae probably feed on Albizia species.
Taxonomy Charaxes pembanus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.
References
Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45–101. page 70 Plate 9, figures 67–68, 71–72.
External links Charaxes pembanus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life NSG Images