A new, externally atypical Nyodes is described from Equatorial Africa: Nyodes paludicola sp. nov. The new species is compared to the superficially most similar Nyodes steelei Laporte, 1971, and N. punctatoides Laporte, 1973, with the closest genital morphology. The new species is associated with wetland habitats and is widely distributed in West, Central and East Africa. Genetic divergence between the geographically distant populations has been assessed based on mtDNA COI barcodes.

Butterflies may be specialists, generalists, or somewhere in between. In this paper, we propose a method for defining various categories of specialism, test the robustness of the method, and allocate all South African butterfly species to a category. The results are then evaluated and discussed.

The systematics of Charaxini is revised. The three historical genera are confirmed: Charaxes (Ochsenheimer, 1816); Polyura (Billberg, 1820) and Euxanthe (Hübner, 1819). The genera Eriboea (Hübner, 1819) status rev.; Zingha (Hemming, 1939) status rev.; Viridixes (Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008) status rev. and Euxanthe subgenus Hypomelaena (Aurivillius, 1898) status. rev. are reinstated. Three new genera are described: Laodice genus nov. with the type species Papilio lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793); Setechin genus nov. with the type species Charaxes nichetes (Grose-Smith, 1883) and Ydeali genus nov. with the type species Charaxes lydiae (Holland, 1917). A key to the nine genera is provided.

Résumé:       La systématique des Charaxini est revue. Les trois genres historiques sont confirmés : Charaxes (Ochsenheimer, 1816); Polyura (Billberg, 1820) et Euxanthe (Hübner, 1819). Les genres Eriboea (Hübner, 1819) status rev.; Zingha (Hemming, 1939) status rev.; Viridixes (Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008) status rev. et Euxanthe sous-genre Hypomelaena (Aurivillius, 1898) status. rev. sont réhabilités. Trois nouveaux genres sont décrits: Laodice genus nov. avec comme espèce type Papilio lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793); Setechin genus nov. avec comme espèce type Charaxes nichetes (Grose-Smith, 1883) et Ydeali genus nov. avec comme espèce type Charaxes lydiae (Holland, 1917). Une clé dichotomique permet de séparer les neuf genres.