Common Green Charaxes moth Papilio gigon is a butterfly

Papilio gigon is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae

Morpho butterflies-there are over 80 species of morpho butterflies mostly found in South America as well as Mexico and Central America

It can be found from Vermont to Florida and from eastern Texas to the Great Plains

It's very colourful

The specimen is encased in a scientific Riker Mount measuring 3

Common Green Charaxes moth Papilio gigon is a butterflyCharaxes 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"x4" frame.