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Cymothoe hesiodotus

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Species of butterfly

Cymothoe hesiodotus
male dorsal side - Maka, Ouham-Pendé
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species: C. hesiodotus
Binomial name
Cymothoe hesiodotus
Staudinger, 1890
Synonyms
  • Cymothoe lurida var. nigeriensis Overlaet, 1952

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. 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

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


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