Cymothoe hesiodotus
| Cymothoe hesiodotus | |
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| male dorsal side - Maka, Ouham-Pendé | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cymothoe |
| Species: | C. hesiodotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymothoe hesiodotus Staudinger, 1890[1] | |
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Cymothoe hesiodotus, the orange lurid glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Rinorea species.
Subspecies
- Cymothoe hesiodotus hesiodotus (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Cymothoe hesiodotus clarior Overlaet, 1952 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east and from the Ituri Forest to Kindu)
- Cymothoe hesiodotus nigeriensis Overlaet, 1952 (mid-western Nigeria)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Cymothoe hesiodotus.
- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini