Genus Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816

Type species: Papilio jasius Linnaeus, 1767 .

Syn. Paphia Fabricius, 1807 ( Paphia Lamarck, 1799, nec Paphia Röding, 1798).

Type species: Papilio jasius Linnaeus, 1767 .

Syn. Jasia Swainson, 1832 .

Type species: Papilio jasius Linnaeus, 1767 .

Syn. Hadrodontes Stoneham, 1964 (nom. nud.).

Syn. Stonehamia Cowan, 1968 .

Type species: Papilio varanes Cramer 1777 .

Syn. Haridra Moore, 1880 .

Type species: Charaxes psaphon Westwood, 1847 .

hadrianus -group (Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2009), Afr.

cynthia -group (Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2007a), Afr.

varanes -group (Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2005), Afr.

jasius -group (Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2005), Afr., Pal.

lucretius -group (Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2007a), Afr.

candiope -group (Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2007a), Afr.

bernardus -group (Müller et al., 2010; Turlin, 2020), Or.

tiridates -group (Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2007b), Afr.

nobilis -group (Henning, 1989; Turlin, 2009), Afr.

acraeoides -group (Vingerhoedt et al., 2010), Afr.

Systematic list of valid species and subspecies in Appendix.

The genus is restricted to the monophyletic ensemble composed by the previous species-groups. This monophyly is supported by genetics (Aduse-Poku et al. 2009) and the character of the costa (see genera key). The genus can be divided into 3 sets:

jasius -group + lucretius -group + candiope -group + bernardus -group + tiridates -group + nobilis -group partim + acraeoides -group.

varanes -group.

hadrianus -group + cynthia -group.