135. Charaxes imperialis imperialis (Butler, 1874)

WL: 45mm. The species flies in forest, including dry forest close to the Guinea savanna. It presents a wide range, but is only occasionally abundant. The typical subspecies occurs from Guinea-Bissau to Ghana and about eight other subspecies are known along Central and East Africa. Host-plants are thought to be species of Sapindaceae (Kielland, 1990) .

Previous references. Regions: Without a precise location. Authors: Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008a).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.