Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) View in CoL ( Nymphalidae ) *

L4; 06/VI/2019, in a wine trap for Cerambyx spp. , 1 ex. coll., JLR.; L4; 25/IX/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 01/X/2020, perch. on Arbutus unedo L., 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 07/X/2021, perch. on A. unedo , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 21/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 20/X/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/IX/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L5; 21/VI/2019, perch. on A. unedo , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 30/X/2019, perch. on A. unedo , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 31/VIII/2019, 1 egg v., EZ.; L10; 23/IX/2019, perch. on A. unedo , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L12; 14/VI/2021, perch. on A. unedo , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 13/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 27/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L17; 03/IX/2019, 1 larva v., EZ.; L26; 27/VII/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L29; 14/X/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 03/VIII/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 22/V/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 29/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 23/VII/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 27/IX/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 05/V/2023, in hilltopping, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 23/VII/2023, in hilltopping, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L40; 02/IX/2019, 1 larva v., EZ.; L41; 01/IX/2019, 1 larva v., EZ.; L44; 30/X/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L57; 04/X/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L87; 01/IX/2019, 1 larva v., EZ.; L93; 04/IX/2019, 1 larva v., EZ.; L98; 13/X/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L102; 19/IX/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L108; 24/X/2023, perch. on inflorescences of Heptapleurum actinophyllum (Endl.) Lowry & G.M. Plunkett cultivated ornamentally, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L139; 13/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.

Comment: Walker (1890) noted its presence in Ceuta without further detail. Observations were recorded from 20 localities within 12 1× 1 km UTM squares between March and October. Adult sightings increased significantly in June, July, August, and September, indicating a peak of adult activity. Larvae were found in September on A. unedo . Adults were observed feeding on ripe figs as well as visiting the inflorescences of H. actinophyllum .