Species name	Charaxes tiridates (Cramer, 1777) カスリフタオ Common blue charaxes..
Taxonomy	Papilio tiridates Cramer, 1777.  Die Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America 2: 100 (151 pp.). Amsteldam & Utrecht. Type locality: “Les Isles de Java and D’Amboine”. [False locality.] .
Subspecies	Charaxes tiridates tiridates (Cramer, 1777) Charaxes tiridates choveti Turlin, 1998: Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island). Charaxes tiridates marginatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: Ethiopia (west and south-west) Charaxes tiridates tiridatinus Röber, 1936: Nigeria (Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (west, south), Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya (west), Tanzania (north-west), Angola, Zambia (north).
Distribution	Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia.
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Biology	Host plant: Phialodiscus unijugatus Baker (Sapindaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320] Hugonia platysepala Welw. ex Oliv. (Linaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Hugonia castaneifolia Engl. (Linaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Bombax reflexum Sprague (Bombacaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Hibiscus sp. (Malvaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Chaetacme aristata Planch. (Ulmaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320; Vuattoux and Blandin, 1977 (West Africa)]. Celtis africana Burm. f. (Ulmaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Celtis durandi Engl. (Ulmaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Grewia tricocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. (Tiliaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Grewia mollis Juss. (Tiliaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Afzelia africana Sm. ex Pers. (Fabaceae) [Vuattoux and Blandin, 1977 (West Africa); Henning, S., 1989: 151]. Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merrill (Flacoutiaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 320]. Indigofera macrophylla Schumach. (Fabaceae) [Vuattoux and Blandin, 1977 (West Africa); Henning, S., 1989: 151]. Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. (Santalaceae) [Henning, S., 1989: 151]. Albizia species (Fabaceae) [Henning, S., 1989: 151]. Berlinia species (Fabaceae) [Henning, S., 1989: 151]. Lonchocarpus species (Fabaceae) [Henning, S., 1989: 151]. Blighia unijugata Bak. (Sapindaceae) [Henning, S., 1989: 151]. Grewia forbesi Harv. ex Mast. (Tiliaceae) [Henning, S., 1989: 151]. Hibiscus calyphyllus Cav. (Malvaceae) [Henning, S., 1989: 152]. Bombax buonopozense Beauv. (Bombacaceae) [Henning, S., 1989: 152]. Trema species (Ulmaceae) [Larsen, 2005a]. Cassia species (Fabaceae) [Larsen, 2005a]. Dalbergia species (Fabaceae) [Larsen, 2005a]. Macrolobium species (Fabaceae) [Larsen, 2005a]. Millettia species (Fabaceae) [Larsen, 2005a]. Pterocarpus species (Fabaceae) [Larsen, 2005a].
Kenya
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.