page_title: Charaxes jasius
section_title: Habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Charaxes jasius / Habitat
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Maquis en Balagne, Haute-Corse, sur la route N197 entre Ponte Leccia et l'Île Rousse English: Maquis in Balagne, Haute-Corse, on road N197 between Ponte Leccia and Île Rousse
context_page_description: Charaxes jasius, the two-tailed pasha or foxy emperor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is the only European species of the genus Charaxes.
context_section_description: Its typical habitat in Europe is the Maquis shrubland, up to 700–800 meters above sea level. This comprises thick, mixed scrub forests, often on hillsides, in hot and dry regions. The butterfly is found wherever its larval host plants are abundantly available.
  In Africa it is found in savanna and thornbelt habitats.
caption: Maquis vegetation in Balagne, Corsica
exif: {"Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D70", "Image XResolution": "150", "Image YResolution": "150", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "AfterShot Pro 1.2.0.7", "Image ExifOffset": "8", "EXIF Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "EXIF Model": "NIKON D70", "EXIF DateTime": "2013:07:14 15:27:09", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/320", "EXIF FNumber": "9", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Unidentified", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2005:07:25 13:02:32", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2005:07:25 13:02:32", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "4363087/524288", "EXIF ApertureValue": "13295629/2097152", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "43/10", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "65", "EXIF SubSecTime": "110", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "800", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "800", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "97", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}