Common Green Charaxes SWAG and Southeast Asia

and Southeast Asia

The background photo was taken by MyMy Butterfly at a New Orleans

aka the Ulysses butterfly or the Blue emperor

and algae slime

which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings

Common Green Charaxes SWAG and Southeast AsiaCharaxes eupale can be found in the lowland evergreen forests of Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, & Malawi. Their green coloring is due to pigmentation, as opposed to the color being produced structurally (scales). This specimen is encased in a 3"x4" frame.