Green-veined emperor
Charaxes candiope
The green-veined emperor is a strong orange butterfly from Africa. The thin lines on its wings, called veins, are green, which gives it its name. Each back wing ends in two small tails.
Lives in
Africa south of the Sahara, in forests, savanna and even gardens
Wingspan
4.5 to 6 cm (1.8 to 2.4 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a butterfly and cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its big green caterpillars eat the leaves of croton trees.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 2 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 25 seconds
How big is Green-veined emperor compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Green-veined emperor about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillars are big and green, with horns on their heads like a tiny dragon.
2
The girls are a bit bigger than the boys.
3
It flies from October to June.
4
Underneath, its back wings are a dark brown colour called sepia.
you asked
Most asked questions about Green-veined emperor
?How big is the green-veined emperor?
Its wingspan is about 45 to 60 millimetres. The females are the bigger ones.
?Where does the green-veined emperor live?
In most of Africa south of the Sahara, in forests, savanna, farms and gardens.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Charaxes candiope
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Africa
- Also known as
- Green-veined charaxes
Where the facts come from
- Charaxes candiope (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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