| Cymothoe aramis | |
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| Dorsal view, at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cymothoe |
| Species: | C. aramis |
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| Cymothoe aramis | |
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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.[2] 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)
Ventral view
References
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- ↑ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
External links
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