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Cymothoe aramis

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Species of butterfly

Cymothoe aramis
Dorsal view, at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species: C. aramis
Binomial name
Cymothoe aramis
(Hewitson, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Euryphene aramis Hewitson, 1865
  • Cymothoe aramis f. excelsior Hall, 1917
  • Cymothoe aramis f. schoutedeni Overlaet, 1945
  • Cymothoe aramis f. carradoti Overlaet, 1944

Cymothoe aramis, the orange-red glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Rinorea dentata.

Subspecies

  • Cymothoe aramis aramis (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic)
  • Cymothoe aramis schoutedeni Overlaet, 1952 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu)

Gallery

  • Dorsal view from Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies volume III (1856) Dorsal view from Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies volume III (1856)
  • Ventral view Ventral view

References

  1. "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

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Taxon identifiers
Cymothoe aramis


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