Charaxes lactetinctus

Description

Charaxes lactetinctus, the blue patch charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and possibly Sudan. The habitat consists of savanna, including dry thorn-bush savanna. The larvae feed on Syzygium cordatum and Maesopsis eminii.