Cymothoe hyarbita | |
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male (dorsal and ventral) - Cameroon | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Cymothoe |
Species: | C. hyarbita
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Binomial name | |
Cymothoe hyarbita | |
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Cymothoe hyarbita, the creamy yellow 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]
The larvae feed on Dichapetalum and Caloncoba species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbita (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, western Congo)
- Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbitina Aurivillius, 1897 (eastern Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Gallery
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C. hyarbita hyarbita ventral side
References
[edit]- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini