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Charaxes solon sulphureus.jpg

Charaxes solon sulphureus  (Jordan, 1900)

Black Rajah

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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
​Genus: Charaxes
Species: solon
Subspecies: ​sulphureus


  • Common name: Black Rajah
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อราชาดำ (ตาลหนามดำ)
  • Distribution: Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Cheelong), Chiang Mai (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Charaxes solon sulphureus from Thailand.
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Charaxes solon sulphureus (Jordan, 1900) Cheelong Chaiyaphum
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Charaxes solon sulphureus (Jordan, 1900) Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, February 2018

References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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