Club-tailed Charaxes vs Leao

Charaxes zoolina compared with Panthera leo

Key Differences

• Club-tailed Charaxes is Least Concern while Leao is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Club-tailed Charaxes	Leao
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópode)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Insecta (inseto)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Charaxes	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Charaxes zoolina	Panthera leo

Evolutionary Relationship

Club-tailed Charaxes and Leao share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Club-tailed Charaxes

LC — Least Concern

Leao

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~23.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Club-tailed Charaxes	Leao
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	2.5 m
Average Weight	—	190.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Club-tailed Charaxes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Leao

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Leao

O maior felino selvagem da África, o leão pode atingir até 250 kg e é o único felídeo social, vivendo em grupos nas savanas e pastagens da África Subsaariana. Os machos se distinguem por suas icônicas juba. Como predadores de topo, regulam as populações de herbívoros e mantêm o equilíbrio do ecossistema. Classificado como Vulnerável devido à perda de habitat e ao conflito entre humanos e vida selvagem.