♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
♂, Vinh Phu, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Haridra kahruba Moore, [1895] OD : Lep. Ind. 2:235, pl.171, figs.1,♂,1a♂(Un),1b♀,1c♀(Un). TL : Sikkim. Distribution : Kumaon, Nepal to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan.

Charaxes lunawara Doherty, 1886 : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 55(2):124. TL. Lower Kali, Kumaon.
Charaxes kahruba yunnanensis Li & Xie, 1994 : in Chou, Monograph. Rhop. Sin. 2:421, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un), 760. TL. Yunnan.

yunnanensis : Holotype ♂, 24.May.1984. Mengla, 610m, Yunnan ; Allotype ♀, Yunnan.

[ THAILAND ]
Charaxes kahruba ; Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Charaxes kahruba ; Godfrey,1930 : 303. (Chiang Mai)
Charaxes kahruba ; Pinratana,1979 : 107, figs.N180,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Charaxes kahruba ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 97, pl.73,figs.184,♂,♀(Un). (in part)
Charaxes kahruba ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 482, pl.215, figs.N197,♂,♂(Un),♀(bottom,right). (in part)
Charaxes kahruba ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 372, pl.159, figs.N200,♂,♂(Un),♀(bottom),♀(bottom,Un). (in part)
Charaxes kahruba ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 131, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Muang Shone)

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Charaxes kahruba ; Masui & Uehara,1995 : 5, pl.2, figs.4,5. (Saravan; Xiang Khouang)
Charaxes kahruba ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 209, pl.84, figs.♂,♀. (Thateng; Xiang Khouang)
Charaxes kahrubax ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.

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Charaxes kahruba f.kahruba ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 47. (Tonkin: Ha-giang)
Charaxes kahruba ; Metaye,1957 : 99. (N)
Charaxes kahruba kahruba ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 24, fig.N-133,♂. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Charaxes kahruba ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 42. (N: Tuyen Quang / C: Quang Binh; Lam Dong)
Charaxes kahruba ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):101-102, pl.18, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (N: Tam Dao / C: Pu Hoat; Phong Nha Ke Bang; Chu Yang Sin)

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Mae Hong Son : 5♂ (incl. photo).

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Chiang Mai : 6♂ (incl. photo).

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Nan : 4♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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Tak : 2♂.

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 1300m) and is more cautious than other species.
Individuals that occur during the dry season have a brighter color on the underside of both wings.

Doherty, W.,1886 : A List of butterflies taken in Kumaon.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 55(2):103-140.

Moore, F.,1893-1896 : Lepidoptera Indica. vol.II, Rhopalocera, Family Nymphalidae.
L.Reeve & Co., London.

Chou, I. (ed.),1994 : Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium.
2 vols., 854 pp. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House.

Lang, S.Y.,2009 : A Study on the systematics of Nymphalidae (excepting Satyrinae) from China (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Beijing, P.R.China.

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice.

♂, Nan, Thailand.	♂, Nan, Thailand.
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2023.12.31.