Cymothoe weymeri
Appearance
Weymer's glider | |
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Male, Boukoko, Lobaye, CAR | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Cymothoe |
Species: | C. weymeri
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Binomial name | |
Cymothoe weymeri | |
Synonyms | |
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Cymothoe weymeri, or Weymer's glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Flacourtiaceae species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Cymothoe weymeri weymeri (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Cymothoe weymeri mulatta Belcastro, 1990 (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Cymothoe weymeri.
- ^ Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Cymothoe weymeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T160070A5349025. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160070A5349025.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini