Charaxes monteiri

Charaxes monteiri presents an important sexual dimorphism, as do most species of the genus Charaxes. The wingspan is about {{convert|90|mm}} in the males and about {{convert|100|mm}} in the females. The male has a black-brown and blue wing, while the female has a brown wing with a wide white stripes on each side and a smaller one on top.

Description in Seitz- Ch. monteiri Stgr. The male is very similar above to that of smaragdalis, only differing in having the distal blue spots in cellules 2—7 of the forewing much larger and sagittate and the transverse band on the hindwing anteriorly narrower and posteriorly completely united with the marginal line. Forewing beneath light grey-blue at the base and before the distal margin. In the female the forewing is black-brown above, with broad white transverse band and two white subapical spots; the hindwing above umber-brown, towards the distal margin somewhat lighter and with 8 large, angled, blue-centred, black submarginal spots and a black marginal line, thickened between the veins. Only occurring on the island of St. Thome.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908–1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13). Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.{{PD-notice}}

This species is endemic to the island of São Tomé in the archipelago of São Tomé and Principe (Gulf of Guinea).[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/charaxes/index.html#monteiri "Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1885"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms It can be found in the mountain peaks of volcanic origin.

Adults mainly feed on rotting fruits.

It is considered part of the Charaxes tiridates group.{{cite web|url=http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systematique.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130627225051/http://www.charaxes.be/systematic/systematique.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-27 |title=African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains |first=Eric |last=Vingerhoedt |year=2013 }}

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• Henning (S.), 1989 The Charaxinae Butterflies of Africa, pp. 1–457 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720224753/http://www.insects.demon.co.uk/mono/Henning-english.html]
• Turlin (B.), 2005–2007 Butterflies of the World. Parts 22, 25, 28, 32, Charaxes 1–4 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720224806/http://www.insects.demon.co.uk/Bof/bof-du-monde3.html]
• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 181–226.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19576#page/239/mode/1up]
• [https://archive.today/20130210030645/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Charaxes_monteiri/ Zipcodezoo]

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• [http://www.thais.it/entomologia/farfalle/HR_res/sch056.htm Thais]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426010523/http://fr.goldenmap.com/Charaxes_montieri Golden Map]
• [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=123985 Charaxes montieri images] at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• [http://en.butterflycorner.net/Charaxes-montieri.509.0.html] Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

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monteiri

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Invertebrates of São Tomé and Príncipe

Category:Endemic fauna of São Tomé Island

Category:Butterflies described in 1885

Category:Taxa named by Otto Staudinger

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