Charaxes nandina
Charaxes nandina is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, in the central highlands east of the Rift Valley. Description. "Ch. nandina" Rothsch. : forewing above black, behind the middle of the hindmargin with an oblong blue spot in la, 2—4 blue spots in lb and then with 2 irregularly curved transverse rows of white or bluish white spots, the proximal row composed of four spots in cellules 2—5 and the distal of six in cellules 2—7; small yellowish marginal spots. Hindwing above between veins 2 and 7 with a posteriorly pointed, sharply defined blue  median band, in the middle about 5 mm. in breadth, accompanied by a whitish spot in cellule 7; behind the middle runs an S-shaped curved row of 6 small blue spots and near the distal margin a curved row of 6 or 7 bluish dots; the marginal lunules themselves are yellowish; the tails well developed, about 5 mm. in length. The under surface agrees almost exactly with that of "cithaeron". The female closely resembles that of "xiphares", but differs in having a transverse row of 8 white spots behind the middle of the forewing above and in the smaller , ochre-yellow median spot of the hindwing. British East Africa in the Kikuyu district; rare. Biology. The larvae feed on "Drypetes gerrardii", "Craibia brownii" and "Hippocratea africana". The habitat is semi-dry and high forest. "Charaxes nandina" is very closely related to "Charaxes xiphares". It is sympatric with "Charaxes cithaeron" Taxonomy. "Charaxes tiridates" group The supposed clade members are: For a full list see Eric Vingerhoedt, 2013.