Charaxes amycus Felder 1861

Charaxes amycus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1861. It is endemic to the Philippines in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

Description

Charaxes amycus is a large butterfly (wingspan 60– 68 mm.) The upperside ground colour is coppery rufous. There is a broad brown marginal band on the forewings and two tails on each hindwing.

Subspecies

• C. a. amycus (Philippines: Luzon)
• C. a. georgius Staudinger, 1892 (Philippines: Mindoro)
• C. a. carolus Rothschild, 1900 (Philippines: Mindanao, Camiguin de Mindanao)
• C. a. myron Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Philippines: Polillo, Guimaras)
• C. a. negrosensis Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Negros)
• C. a. bayani Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Marinduque)
• C. a. theobaldo Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Panay)
• C. a. marion Schröder & Treadaway, 1981 (Philippines: Sibuyan, Romblon Group)

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