Charaxes penricei
Charaxes penricei, the scarce savanna charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Description. The original description written by Walter Rothschild is on page 460 of Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1898). A monograph of "Charaxes" and the allied prionopterous genera. "Novitates Zoologicae" Volume 5:545-601 ; 1899 Volume 6: 220-286 : 1900 Volume 7:287-524. Descriptions and plates (monochrome photos). Seitz- "Ch. penricei" Rothsch. Male: the under surface is marked almost as in "etesipe" ; but above the  transverse band, as in the female of "etesipe", is placed nearly in the middle of the hindwing and further from the distal margin than in "etesipe" male ; it is white or bluish white and from vein 2 of the hindwing to vein 2 of the forewing broad and continuous, then broken up into small spots, two each in cellules 2, 3 and 6 and one each in cellules 4, 5, 7 and in the cell; the ground-colour of the upper surface is bluish black. The female is unknown. This rare species has hitherto only been found in Angola. — "peculiaris  Lathy only differs from the type-form in having the black colour replaced by greenish. Rhodesia. Similar to Charaxes etesipe" but upperside median band further from the wing margins Biology. The habitat consists of savanna, especially "Brachystegia" woodland (Miombo). The larvae feed on "Entada" species and "Securidaca longipedunculata". Notes on the biology of "penricei" are given by Pringle et al (1994). Taxonomy. Closely related to "Charaxes cacuthis" and "Charaxes etesipe" "Charaxes etesipe" is a member of the species group "Charaxes etesipe". The clade members are: