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Cymothoe hyarbita

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Cymothoe hyarbita
male (dorsal and ventral) - Cameroon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species:
C. hyarbita
Binomial name
Cymothoe hyarbita
(Hewitson, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Harma hyarbita Hewitson, 1866
  • Paradiadema hora Distant, 1880
  • Aterica buchholzi Plötz, 1880
  • Cymothoe electrinos Birket-Smith, 1960

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

  • Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbita (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, western Congo)
  • Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbitina Aurivillius, 1897 (eastern Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

  1. ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini