Cymothoe orphnina, the orphnina glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
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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. orphnina
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Subspecies
edit- Cymothoe orphnina orphnina (Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Kivu and to the Ituri Forest and Aruwiumi River)
- Cymothoe orphnina suavis Schultze, 1913 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, south-western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Cymothoe orphnina.
- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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