Charaxes mars

Charaxes mars, the iron rajah, is a butterfly of the rajahs and nawabs group, i.e. the Charaxinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is endemic to Sulawesi in central Indonesia.[1]

Iron rajah
Male
Female C. m. madensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. mars
Binomial name
Charaxes mars
Synonyms
  • Charaxes mars var. dohertyi Rothschild, 1892
  • Charaxes madensis Rothschild, 1899

Races

  • Charaxes mars mars (northern Sulawesi)
  • Charaxes mars dohertyi Rothschild, 1892 (southern Sulawesi)
  • Charaxes mars madensis Rothschild, 1899 (Buru)
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References

  1. "Point Map of Charaxes mars". Discover Life. Retrieved 22 November 2013.


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