Charaxes balfourii

Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 m.

Description
A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. page 361-362 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601  )

Taxonomy
Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)

The group members are
 * Charaxes varanes
 * Charaxes fulvescens very similar to varanes
 * Charaxes acuminatus very pointed forewing
 * Charaxes balfouri
 * Charaxes analava
 * Charaxes nicati
 * Charaxes bertrami perhaps subspecies of varanes
 * Charaxes saperanus
 * Charaxes defulvata

Etymology
The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour.