The habitat consists of Afrotropical forests and woodland.

Charaxes antamboulou is very similar to Charaxes candiope but has smaller upperside submarginal and marginal stains and a more marked contrast between the black apical patches and the yellow basal colour of the upperside wings.

A full description is given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, 1900 Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524.

[1] page 368-369 (for terms see Novitates Zoologicae volume 5:545-601 [2]) Charaxes antamboulou is a member of the species group Charaxes candiope.

This article related to members of the butterfly subfamily Charaxinae is a stub.