Charaxes howarthi

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| authority = Minig, 1976 Minig, A. 1976 Étude de la super espèce Charaxes manica Trimen et description de deux espèces nouvelles (Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae).Lambillionea 76 (1-2): 9-14. 76 (1-2): 9-14.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/charaxes/ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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Charaxes howarthi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, northern Angola, northern Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini |access-date=2012-05-24 |archive-date=2013-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071734/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_charaxini.doc |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and open forests.

The larvae feed on Brachystegia spiciformis and Albizia antunesiana.

Notes on the biology of howarthi are provided by Kielland (1990) and Larsen (1991)Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363. Larsen, T.B. 1991 The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford: i-xxii, 1-490.

The name honours Graham Howarth.