What is "charaxes"

Charaxes has several meanings:

• Charaxes, the genus of pasha and radjah butterflies
• The name taken by the comic book villain Killer Moth after his transformation into an actual killer moth-like creature.

The rajah and pasha butterflies, also known as emperors in Africa and Australia, (genus Charaxes) make up the huge type genus of the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. They belong to the Charaxini tribe, which also includes the Nawab butterflies ( Polyura). Charaxes are tropical Old World butterflies, with by far the highest diversity in sub-Saharan Africa, a smaller number from South Asia to Melanesia and Australia, and a single species ( Charaxes jasius) in Europe. They are generally strong flyers and very popular among butterfly collectors.