Cymothoe hobarti
Appearance
Cymothoe hobarti | |
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Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Cymothoe |
Species: | C. hobarti
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Binomial name | |
Cymothoe hobarti Butler, 1900
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Cymothoe hobarti, or Hobart's red glider, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forests.
Males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit.
The larvae feed on Rinorea species.
Subspecies
[edit]The following subspecies are recognised:
- Cymothoe hobarti hobarti (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Cymothoe hobarti mwamikazi Overlaet, 1952 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Kibali, Ituri)
- Cymothoe hobarti candidata Overlaet, 1954 (northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Central African Republic)
- Cymothoe hobarti lactanganyikae Collins, 1990 (western Tanzania)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Cymothoe hobarti.
- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini