Charaxes marieps explained

Charaxes marieps, the Marieps emperor, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 48–60 mm in males and 65–70 mm in females. Has two broods from September to November and March to May.^[2]

Larvae feed on Ochna species.^[1] ^[2] The habitat is montane forest.

Notes on the biology of marieps are given by Pringle et al (1994).^[3]

Taxonomy

Charaxes marieps is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles

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.https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19523#page/77/mode/1up
M. C. Williams and J.Boomker, 1980 The life cycle of Charaxes marieps. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

34(3), 1980, 295-301 pdf

http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/charaxes/ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816"
Book: Woodhall, Steve . Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . 2005 . Cape Town, South Africa . Struik . 978-1-86872-724-7 .
Pringle et al, 1994. Pennington’s Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd edition