Charaxes Collection

Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius 1 and purple emperor, Apatura iris 2, and tulip. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons

Two-tailed pasha or foxy emperor, Charaxes jasius, dorsal and ventral views. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas

Plain tawny rajah butterfly on a camellia flower
Plain tawny rajah butterfly, Charaxes psaphon (Nymphalis bernardus) on a camellia. Copied from Edward Donovans An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China, 1800

Two-tailed pasha and Cramers eighty-eight butterfly
Two-tailed pasha or foxy emperor, Charaxes jasius, with pupa and caterpillar 1, and Cramers eighty-eight butterfly, Diaethria clymena 2. Nymphale jasius, Nymphale clymene

Exotic butterflies
Hooked copper, Phasis thero 1, metalmark butterfly, Riodina lysippus 2, large faun, Faunis eumeus 3, and common nawab, Charaxes athamas 4, ventral and dorsal views

Eudoxus charaxes and western nightfighter
Eudoxus charaxes butterfly, Nymphalis Charaxes eudoxus mechowi, upper side 1, under side 4, and western nightfighter, Artitropa comus, Hesperia helops, dorsal 2, ventral 3

Karkloof emperor or pearl emperor butterfly, Charaxes varanes Nymphalis varanes, upper side 1, under side 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Black-bordered charaxes, Charaxes pollux, upper side 1, under side 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Fashion commodore, guineafowl and small flame-bordered
Fashion commodore butterfly, Junonia pelarga, upper side 1, under side2, guineafowl butterfly, Hamanumida daedalus 3, 4, and small flame-bordered charaxes, Charaxes anticlea 5, 6

Laodice untailed charaxes and phaleros hairstreak
Laodice untailed charaxes, Charaxes lycurgus, upper side 1, under side 2, and phaleros hairstreak, Panthiades phaleros, male, upper side 3, under side 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Common blue charaxes and blind eighty-eight moth
Common blue charaxes, Charaxes tiridates, upper side 1, under side 2, and blind eighty-eight, Haematera pyrame pyrame 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Shining red charaxes and Biblis ariadne?
Shining red charaxes, Charaxes zingha, Nymphalis Charaxes berenice, upper side 1, under side 2, and Biblis ariadne? butterfly 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Scarce forest emperor, Charaxes etesipe
Scarce forest emperor or savannah charaxes, Charaxes etesipe Nymphalis (Charaxes) etesipe, upper side and under side. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

White-banded palla, green charaxes and African map butterfly
White-banded palla butterfly, Palla decius, upper side 1, under side 2, common green charaxes, Charaxes eupale 3, and African map butterfly, Cyrestis camillus 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Pasha and hairstreak butterflies
Two-tailed pasha butterfly, Charaxes jasius 1, Drurys hairstreak, Strymon acis 2, and silver-banded hairstreak, Chlorostrymon simaethis. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Sketchbooks of Lepidoptera, Margaret Fountaine
Various larvae and pupae watercolours with descriptions, 1933-35 Date: 1933

Tawny Rajah, Charaxes psaphon
George De Alwis (Dates unknown) Tawny Rajah (Charaxes psaphon), Westwood, c. 1874-1878. Watercolour on paper, 255 x 168 mm. Date: 1874

Illustration, Nymphalidae -- Danaidae -- Limenitis Populi, Apatura Iris, Apatura Ilia (variety Clytie), Charaxes Jasius, Danaus Chrysippus

Charaxes bernardus, tawny rajah
An illustrative plate from Insects of China by E. Donovan depicting tawny rajah butterflies

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