Club-tailed Charaxes vs Protea Charaxes

Charaxes zoolina compared with Charaxes pelias

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Club-tailed Charaxes	Protea Charaxes
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class same	Insecta (Insekten)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order same	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family same	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus same	Charaxes	Charaxes
Species	Charaxes zoolina	Charaxes pelias

Evolutionary Relationship

Club-tailed Charaxes and Protea Charaxes share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Charaxes.

Conservation Status

Club-tailed Charaxes

LC — Least Concern

Protea Charaxes

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Club-tailed Charaxes	Protea Charaxes
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Club-tailed Charaxes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Protea Charaxes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Club-tailed Charaxes

Charaxes zoolina, the club-tailed charaxes or club-tailed butterfly, is a medium-sized nymphalid butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Charaxinae, native to sub-Saharan Africa. The genus Charaxes is one of the most speciose butterfly genera in Africa, known for robust, fast-flying adults with strongly scalloped hindwings. C. zoolina is distributed widely across sub-Saharan African woodland and forest-margin habitats, from West Africa through East Africa to southern Africa. Adults are typically orange-brown with black borders and pale submarginal spots, similar in pattern to many other Charaxes species. Like other charaxines, adults are attracted to fermenting fruit, sap flows, dung, and carrion rather than flowers, obtaining essential amino acids and minerals from these substrates. Males are territorial, perching on prominent vantage points to intercept females and rival males. Larvae feed on plants in the family Fabaceae, particularly Albizia species. The species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN given its wide distribution and apparent stability across suitable woodland savanna habitats in tropical Africa.