136. Charaxes achaemenes atlantica van Someren, 1970

WL: 40mm. The species is centred on the Guinea savanna and the present subspecies flies from Senegal to northern Nigeria. The caterpillars feed on several Fabaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, 16 specimens (JB) . Tombali: Coli, 0 6.07.2006, 3♂ 1♀ (BS 2867/28673).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Oio, Tombali. Authors: Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008a).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; CS: LC.