Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra.[3] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters.
A full description is given by Rothschild, W and Jordan, K. (1900). Novitates Zoologicae 7:287-524. [1] page 361-362 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae Volume 5:545-601 [2])
Charaxes varanes group. Subgenus Stonehamia (Hadrodontes)
The group members are
The name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour.
Charaxes balfouri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Socotra. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters.