Historical attempts to assemble a cluster of presumably related species into a "
Charaxes jasius Group" have not been wholly convincing. More recent taxonomic revision, corroborated by phylogenetic research, allow a more rational grouping congruent with cladistic relationships. Within a well-populated
clade of 27 related species sharing a common ancestor approximately 16 mya during the
Miocene, and are considered as '
the jasius
subgroup'. The second lineage leads to 19 other species within the Jasius group, which are split into three well-populated subgroups of closely related species.
'The jasius Group' (26 Species): '
Clade 1: jasius
subgroup' (7 species)
Clade 2: contains the well-populated three additional subgroups (19 species) of the
jasius Group: called the
brutus,
pollux, and '''
eudoxus subgroups'''. • '
the eudoxus
subgroup' (11 species): •
Charaxes eudoxus •
Charaxes lucyae •
Charaxes richelmanni •
Charaxes musakensis •
Charaxes biokensis[stat.rev.2005] •
Charaxes ducarmei •
Charaxes druceanus •
Charaxes tectonis •
Charaxes phraortes •
Charaxes andranodorus •
Charaxes andrefana[stat.rev.2025] Further exploration of the phylogenetic relationships amongst existing
Charaxes taxa is required to improve clarity. ==References==