Charaxes velox

Charaxes velox is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra, an island in the Arabian Sea.

Description
A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524. page 368 for terms see volume 5:545-601

Taxonomy
The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Charaxes candiope.

Charaxes candiope group. The group members are:


 * Charaxes candiope
 * Charaxes antamboulou - like next
 * Charaxes cowani - like last
 * Charaxes velox
 * Charaxes thomasius