Cymothoe sangaris

Blood-red glider
	Dorsal side
	Ventral side
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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;

Cymothoe sangaris, the blood-red glider, is a species of butterfly, Cymothoe sangaris is found in Central Africa, butterfly of the family Nymphalidae

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.^[1]

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

^ 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] 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]