Charaxes defulvata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé. The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.
Taxonomy The species is often treated as a subspecies of Charaxes varanes following Van Someren in 1974.Van Someren, V.G.L. 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8): 415–487. In 1983, it was given full species status again by Plantrou.Plantrou, J. 1983. Systematique biogeographique et evolution des Charaxes Africains (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Publications du Laboratoire de Zoologie, Ecole Normale Superieure (25): 1–456 It is considered a member of the Charaxes varanes group.
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External links African Butterfly Database Range map via search