Common Green Charaxes atl pick up only the giant forest scorpion

the giant forest scorpion

The species habitat is in tropical scrub

The background photo was taken by MyMy Butterfly at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles

the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope

Papilio pericles is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae

Common Green Charaxes atl pick up only the giant forest scorpionCharaxes eupale can be found in the lowland evergreen forests of Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, & Malawi. Their green coloring is due to pigmentation, as opposed to the color being produced structurally (scales). This specimen is encased in a 3"x4" frame.