Nymphalidae Charaxinae Charaxini Thaleropis ionia Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus
Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Two-tailed Pasha

Genus: Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

C. jasius (© Diego Reggianti)
Adult, Fregene (Rome), Italy, May 2003
(Photo by Diego Reggianti)
C. jasius (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (ex larva), Ostia (Roma), Italy, March 2001
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. jasius (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Ostia (Roma), Italy, May 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. jasius (© Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
Adult, Ourondo, Covilhã, Portugal, December 13, 2003
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
C. jasius (© Peter Groenendijk)
Adult, Massif des Maures, Var, Cote d'Azur, France, September 2001
(Photo by Peter Groenendijk, Anything but common)
C. jasius (© Peter Groenendijk)
Adult, Massif de l'Esterel, Var, Cote d'Azur, France, August 1997
(Photo by Peter Groenendijk, Anything but common)
C. jasius (© Peter Groenendijk)
Adult, Massif de l'Esterel, Var, Cote d'Azur, France, August 1997
(Photo by Peter Groenendijk, Anything but common)
C. jasius (© Paolo Basso)
Adult, Barcaggio, Capo Corso, Corse, France, September 2004
(Photo by Paolo Basso, Corsica in foto)
C. jasius (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Ostia (Roma), Italy, November 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. jasius (© Anna Rita Maotini)
Adult, Capalbio (Grosseto), Italy, August 17, 2004
(Photo by Anna Rita Maotini)
C. jasius (© Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
Larva, Ourondo, Covilhã, Portugal, April 3, 2004
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
C. jasius (© Diego Reggianti)
Larva, Torvaianica (Roma), Italy, November 2002
(Photo by Diego Reggianti)
C. jasius (© Diego Reggianti)
Larva, Maccarese (Roma), Italy, January 25, 2003
(Photo by Diego Reggianti)
C. jasius (© Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
Larva, Ourondo, Covilhã, Portugal, November 3, 2003
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
C. jasius (© Diego Reggianti)
Larva (first instar), Torvaianica (Roma), Italy, October 2002
(Photo by Diego Reggianti)
C. jasius (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva (pupating), Ostia (Roma), Italy, April 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. jasius (© Paolo Mazzei)
Pupa, Ostia (Roma), Italy, May 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. jasius (© Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
Pupa, Ourondo, Covilhã, Portugal, November 11, 2003
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
C. jasius (© Paolo Mazzei)
Pupa (just before hatching), Ostia (Roma), Italy, May 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
C. jasius (© Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
Pupa (just before hatching), Ourondo, Covilhã, Portugal, December 11, 2003
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
C. jasius (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (newly emerged), Ostia (Roma), Italy, May 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Life-cycle:
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
O                   · · ·         · ·            
L - - - - - - - -     - - - - -   - - - - - - - -
P             o o o           o o o              
I                 × × × × ×     × × × ×          

2 generations a year. Larvae overwinter on the foodplant


Foodplants:
Arbutus unedo; also Osyris, Brachychiton, Citrus sinensis, Citrus nobilis, Prunus persica, Prunus armericana, Rhamnus, Vaccinium corymbosum, Laurus nobilis, Annona cherimola

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