Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: Nymphalidae subfamilies Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae and Charaxinae Author Liseki, Steven D. Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania; & Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK; Author Vane-Wright, Richard I. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK; & Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; & School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK text Journal of Natural History 2015 2015-09-30 50 865 904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1091106 journal article 21272 10.1080/00222933.2015.1091106 05d1bac2-fe53-42ba-a04d-bc4828adaf4e 1464-5262 3990100 Charaxes ( Eriboea ) aubyni aubyni van Someren and Jackson, 1952 Henning 1989: 350 (4 figs). Kielland 1990: 281 (1 fig.). d ’ Abrera 2004: 482 (3 figs). SI: Figure 15a – f. Forewing length: male 34 – 39.5 mm [mean ( n = 9) 36.28 mm , SD = 1.232]; female 39.5 – 45.5 mm [mean ( n = 6) 42.17 mm , SD = 1.483]. van Someren (1966 , p. 77) gave male forewing length as 35 – 37 mm , female 43 – 45 mm . Note: The name of this butterfly is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Poulton, 1926 – who originally introduced the name aubyni as a female (infrasubspecific) form of C. etheocles (Cramer, 1777) . Charaxes aubyni was first made available as a species group name by van Someren and Jackson (1952 , p. 272), when they recognized it as a distinct, separate species (this may be of significance in assessing the primary type material). The discal bands of the females vary from pale cream to ochreous; as noted by Henning (1989 , p. 351), an extreme of the latter type was named ‘ female f. ochrefascia ’ by van Someren and Jackson, and it is arguable that the females should be considered dimorphic. Records Known in Tanzania from Mt Kilimanjaro , Mt Kwaraha, and the Lossoganeu, Pare, Usambara, Uluguru, North Nguu, Nguru, Ukaguru and Rubeho mountains ( Kielland 1990 , p. 96), to which Henning (1989 , p. 351) adds Monduli. The BMNH includes specimens from Lindi , Amani, and one male from West Kilimanjaro , collected at 4000 – 5000 ft by Cooper. Not encountered by Liseki (2009) . According to Kielland (loc. cit.), it occurs in submontane and montane forests at 400 – 2400 m . Cordeiro (1990 , p. 34) records it from Lake Manyara National Park. Beyond Tanzania the nominate subspecies also occurs in Kenya : the Taita Hills (including the type locality, Mt Dabida, and the Sagala Hills) and Mbololo ( Henning 1989 , p. 351). The two other recognized subspecies of C. aubyni occur elsewhere in Kenya , and in southern Tanzania and Malawi ( Ackery et al. 1995 , p. 434).