Cymothoe sangaris

Blood-red glider
	dorsal side
	ventral side
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. sangaris
Binomial name
	Cymothoe sangaris; (Godart, 1824)
Synonyms
	Nymphale sangaris Godart, 1824; Harma uselda Hewitson, 1869; Cymothoe sangaris ab. reuteri Strand, 1910; Cymothoe sangaris ab. pallida Schultze, 1920; Cymothoe sangaris f. pluviatilis Overlaet, 1945; Cymothoe sangaris reuteri f. extimata Overlaet, 1945; Cymothoe sangaris reuteri f. simplicior Overlaet, 1945; Cymothoe sangaris reuteri f. rubrior Overlaet, 1945; Cymothoe sangaris luluana f. orchymonti Overlaet, 1945;

The Blood-red glider (Cymothoe sangaris) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.^[1] It is found in Central Africa.

Some authors believe the species should be split into separate species. They base this on morphological characteristics (mainly in the females) and DNA-research. The new species would be specialised in one food plant.^[2]

Currently, the following subspecies are recognised:

Cymothoe sangaris sangaris

Range: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, DRC: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, North Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Kwango, Kasai, Sankuru and Maniema provinces

Cymothoe sangaris luluana Overlaet, 1945

Range: DRC: Lualaba and Lomami provinces, Zambia

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

References

^ Markku Savela (February 2, 2008). "Cymothoe genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
^ Robin van Velzen, Freek T. Bakker & Joop J.A. van Loon (2007) DNA barcoding reveals hidden species diversity in Cymothoe (Nymphalidae), Proc. Neth. Entomol. Soci. Meet., vol. 18, pp. 95-103.

[1] Markku Savela (February 2, 2008). "Cymothoe genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 2009-03-25.

[2] Robin van Velzen, Freek T. Bakker & Joop J.A. van Loon (2007) DNA barcoding reveals hidden species diversity in Cymothoe (Nymphalidae), Proc. Neth. Entomol. Soci. Meet., vol. 18, pp. 95-103.

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