Cymothoe preussi
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Male and female in Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
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Cymothoe preussi Staudinger, 1890[1]
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Cymothoe preussi, or Preuss' orange glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult females mimic moths of genus Aletis.
References
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- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini