Common Green Charaxes Butterfly the giant forest scorpion

the giant forest scorpion

is a day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae

Other common names include ghost moth

but is not typically lethal to humans

Common Green Charaxes Butterfly the giant forest scorpion*Charaxes 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.