Common Green Charaxes SWAG The background photo was taken

The background photo was taken by MyMy Butterfly at a New Orleans

Cyclommatus metallifer are mostly located in Southeast Asia

Eacles imperialis range from Argentina to Canada and from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast

aka the Ulysses butterfly or the Blue emperor

which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings

Common Green Charaxes SWAG The background photo was takenCharaxes 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.