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.
Cymothoe hesiodotus | |
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male dorsal side - Maka, Ouham-Pendé | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Cymothoe |
Species: | C. hesiodotus
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Binomial name | |
Cymothoe hesiodotus Staudinger, 1890[1]
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Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Rinorea species.
Subspecies
edit- 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
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Cymothoe hesiodotus.
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