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Cymothoe weymeri

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Species of butterfly

Weymer's glider
Male, Boukoko, Lobaye, CAR
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species: C. weymeri
Binomial name
Cymothoe weymeri
Suffert, 1904
Synonyms
  • Cymothoe weymeri ab. defasciatus Rydon, 1981

Cymothoe weymeri, or Weymer's glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Flacourtiaceae species.

Cymothoe weymeri in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana

Subspecies

  • Cymothoe weymeri weymeri (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cymothoe weymeri mulatta Belcastro, 1990 (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

  1. Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Cymothoe weymeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T160070A5349025. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160070A5349025.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
Taxon identifiers
Cymothoe weymeri


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