Common Green Charaxes sunflower decor Belenois calypso

Belenois calypso

The skull is from the Prinia inornata

though the iridescent parts of the wings do not have pigment

in the Balkans up to northern Greece and in the Alps between Italy and France

in Indonesia

Common Green Charaxes sunflower decor Belenois calypso*Charaxes 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.