Common Green Charaxes t Manchurian scorpion

Manchurian scorpion

and has ranged as far south as Costa Rica

rotting fruit

Eupatorus gracilicornis is a beetle that has four large horns on the prothorax and one extra-long cephalic horn

They prefer to feed on the nectar from red colored plants

Common Green Charaxes t Manchurian scorpionCharaxes 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 x 4 frame.