Cymothoe aramis

Cymothoe aramis
	Cymothoe aramis aramis. Mounted specimen, dorsal view, at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. aramis
Binomial name
	Cymothoe aramis; (Hewitson, 1865)
Synonyms
	Euryphene aramis Hewitson, 1865; Cymothoe aramis f. excelsior Hall, 1917; Cymothoe aramis f. schoutedeni Overlaet, 1945; Cymothoe aramis f. carradoti Overlaet, 1944;

Cymothoe aramis, the Orange-red Glider, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of 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 Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu)

Illustration of Cymothoe aramis - dorsal view - from «Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies». Volume III - year 1856
Illustration of Cymothoe aramis - ventral view

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