Cymothoe cottrelli is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cymothoe |
| Species: | C. cottrelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Cymothoe cottrelli Rydon, 1980[1]
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The larvae feed on Rawsonia lucida and Dovyalis species.
Subspecies
edit- Cymothoe cottrelli cottrelli (south-western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia: western Nyika Plateau)
- Cymothoe cottrelli njombe Rydon, 1996 (Tanzania)
- Cymothoe cottrelli livingstonensis Darge, 2006 (Tanzania: Livingstone Mountains)
References
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- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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