| Weymer's glider | |
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| Male, Boukoko, Lobaye, CAR | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cymothoe |
| Species: | C. weymeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymothoe weymeri | |
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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.[3] 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
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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