Species name	Charaxes pollux (Cramer, 1775) Black-bordered charaxes..
Taxonomy	Papilio pollux Cramer, 1775.  Die Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waerrelddeelen Asia, Africa en America 1: 61 (155 pp.). Amsteldam and Utrecht. Type locality: “Cote de Guinée”. .
Subspecies	Charaxes pollux pollux (Cramer, 1775) Charaxes pollux annamariae Turlin, 1998: Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island). Charaxes pollux gazanus van Someren, 1967: Mozambique (west - between Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers), Zimbabwe (east). Charaxes pollux geminus Rothschild, 1900: Malawi, Zambia (east of the Luangwa Valley), Tanzania (south and east) [Kielland (1990) avers that true geminus does not occur in Tanzania – see remarks under the nominate subspecies], Kenya (south-east) [Kielland (1990) implies that populations from south-east Kenya belong to ssp. mira]. Charaxes pollux maua van Someren, 1967: Tanzania (north) Charaxes pollux mira Ackery, 1995: Tanzania (north-east) Charaxes pollux piersoni Collins, 1990: Tanzania (Zanzibar Island).
Distribution	Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Gabon, Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
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Biology	Host plant: Sorindeia species (Anacardiaceae) [Van Someren and Rogers, 1928: 147]. Bersama abyssinica Fresen. (Melianthaceae) [Van Someren and Rogers, 1928: 147; Blandin, et al., 1975 (Ivory Coast)]. Deinbollia kilimandsharica Taub. (Sapindaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 319]. Deinbollia borbonica Scheff. (Sapindaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 319]. Fluggia microcarpa Blume (Euphorbiaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 319]. Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Pax and K. Hoffm. (Euphorbiaceae) [Dickson and Kroon, 1978: 60]. Fluggia virosa (Euphorbiaceae) [Kielland, 1990: 108].
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References	Charaxes, Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1963). Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242.