Cymothoe_hesiodotus

<i>Cymothoe hesiodotus</i>

Cymothoe hesiodotus

Species of butterfly

Cymothoe hesiodotus, the orange lurid glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Quick Facts Cymothoe hesiodotus, Scientific classification ...

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

Subspecies

  • Cymothoe hesiodotus hesiodotus (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cymothoe hesiodotus clarior Overlaet, 1952 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east and from the Ituri Forest to Kindu)
  • Cymothoe hesiodotus nigeriensis Overlaet, 1952 (mid-western Nigeria)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cymothoe hesiodotus.
Wikispecies has information related to Cymothoe hesiodotus.
  1. [1]
    "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. [2]
    Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini


Stub icon

This Limenitidinae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cymothoe_hesiodotus, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.