Charaxes pseudophaeus

Charaxes pseudophaeus, the false dusky charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.^[3] The habitat consists of evergreen forests and the fringes of Brachystegia woodland.

Charaxes pseudophaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Charaxinae
Tribe:	Charaxini
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. pseudophaeus
Binomial name
Charaxes pseudophaeus van Someren, 1975[1][2]
Synonyms
Charaxes manica f. pseudophaeus van Someren & Jackson, 1957

The larvae feed on Brachystegia spiciformis.

Taxonomy

It may be a subspecies of Charaxes chintechi Charaxes pseudophaeus is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.