Charaxes macclounii

Charaxes macclounii, the wild-bamboo charaxes or red coast charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya, as well as in Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-eastern Angola, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and eastern and northern Zimbabwe.

Description
male Allied to  C.  lasti  :  primaries  with  less  arched  costa,  less sinuated  outer  margin,  and  shorter  inner  margin;  secondaries strongly  produced  at  anal  angle,  with  only  two  tails,  the  first  of which  (at  extremity  of  third  median  branch)  is  a  mere  denticle,  the second  (at  extremity  of  first  median  branch)  barely  half  the  length of  that  in  C.  lasti  ; colouring  deeper  throughout,  with  all  the  black markings  considerably  heavier,  the  discal  spots  of  primaries  continued to  below  first  median  branch,  those  of  secondaries  forming a  continuous  tapering  submarginal  band ;  under  surface  altogether more  ochreous  than  in  C.  lasti,  the  markings  mostly  ferruginous, the  black-bordered  grey  markings  on  interno-median  area  of  primaries reduced  in  size,  the  silver  band  of  secondaries  widened  out as  in  C.  cynthia. Expanse of  wings  80  millim. female. Extremely like  Mr. Trimen's figure  of  C.  lasti  female (P.  Z.  S. 1894,  pi.  V.  fig.  6),  but  altogether  deeper  in  colour,  the  black markings  heavier,   the    macular    submarginal   band   much  wider, reducing  the  marginal  tawny  border  of  the  primaries  to  a  series  of oval  spots ;  the  secondaries  somewhat  produced  at  anal  angle,  with the  inferior  tail  slightly  incurved,  but  both  tails  well  developed  and only  slightly  shorter  than  in  C.  lasti   below,  the  wings  are  much paler  than  in  the  male,  the  silver  band  of  secondaries  being  replaced by  a  broad  creamy  stramineous  belt  in  continuation  of  that  on  the primaries. Expanse of  wings  18  millim. Two pairs,  Zomba. This species  is  intermediate  in  character  between  C.  lasti  and C  cynthia.

Close to Charaxes lasti but underside much paler and with a less distinct silvery band border

Biology
The habitat consists of dense savanna and open forests.

The larvae feed on Oxytenanthera abyssinica, Oreobambos buchwaldii, Bambusa vulgaris, Yushania alpina and Arundinaria species. Young larvae spin a cushion of silk. They are green and reach a length of 45–50 mm when fully grown.

Taxonomy
Related to Charaxes lasti, Charaxes cynthia and Charaxes boueti