page_title: Charaxes jasius
section_title: Larval food plants
hierarchical_section_title: Charaxes jasius / Natural history / Larval food plants
caption_attribution_description: Familia: Ericaceae Juss. Subfamilia: Arbutoideae Nyman Species: Arbutus unedo L. Original publication details: Sp. Pl.: 395 (1753). Synonyms: Arbutus cassinifolia Steud.; Arbutus crispa Hoffmanns.; Arbutus integrifolia Sims; Arbutus intermedia Heldr. ex Nyman; Arbutus nothocomaros Heldr. ex Nyman; Arbutus pavarii Pamp.; Arbutus procumbens Kluk ex Besser; Arbutus salicifolia (Lodd.) Cels ex Hoffmanns.; Arbutus serratifolia Salisb.; Arbutus turbinata Pers. ex Rchb.; Arbutus vulgaris Bubani Common names: Corbezzolo (IT); Strawberry-tree (EN). Location: Valle Arenon (Municipality of Varazze, SV, LIG, IT). Elevation: 185 m (605 ft). Date: November 17, 2019. Status: native. Chorotype: Mediterranean-Atlantic. Note: the Strawberry-tree (Arbutus unedo L.) is a native species of the Mediterranean coasts of north-western Africa, of Europe and of Turkey and of the Atlantic coasts from Morocco to north-western France (Brittany). It is also native to some areas of Lebanon, Libya (Cyrenaica), to the Bulgarian and Turkish coasts of the Black Sea and to western Ireland. In Italy it is very frequent in all coastal areas from Liguria to Marche, while it is present, in a very fragmented way, in the Po basin, in the Adige basin and in Veneto, where it grows in few hilly areas that have sub-Mediterranean climate (eg Lake Garda, Euganean Hills, Romagna hills). In Liguria Arbutus unedo L. is widespread and very frequent in the coastal strip and in the sublittoral zone, it is rare in interland and absent in the valleys of the Po side.
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.
caption: Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), the preferred larval host plant of C. jasius along the European Mediterranean coast.[4]
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