as well as its lustrous metallic exoskeleton
They prefer to feed on the nectar from red colored plants
the scarce bamboo page or dido longwing
It’s native to Central Sulawesi in Indonesia
and has ranged as far south as Costa Rica
Common Green Charaxes t as well as its lustrousCharaxes 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 x 4 frame.