It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, south-western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.

[3] The male differs from that of Charaxes etheocles in the greenish sheen in the basal third of the upperside of the forewing.

Forewing above at the base to the white transverse band and hindwing to 5 mm.

from the distal margin olive-grey; the white transverse band of the forewing in cellules 2—6 5mm.

in breadth and sharply defined, in la indistinct; apical part black with 2 whitish postdiscal spots in 6 and 7.