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Cymothoe oemilius

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Species of butterfly

Striped glider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species: C. oemilius
Binomial name
Cymothoe oemilius
(Doumet, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis oemilius Doumet, 1859
  • Harma hemeresia Hewitson, 1864
  • Harma frederica Distant, 1880
  • Cymothoe oemilius ab. achillides Schultze, 1916

Cymothoe oemilius, the striped glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests. Males are known to mud-puddle. The larvae feed on Caloncoba species.

Subspecies

  • Cymothoe ochreata oemilius (Nigeria: east and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cymothoe ochreata fernandina Hall, 1929 (Bioko)

References

  1. Cymothoe at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
Taxon identifiers
Cymothoe oemilius


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