Catuna crithea

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Catuna crithea
Common pathfiner (Catuna crithea conjuncta).jpg
C. c. conjuncta
Kibale National Park, Uganda
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C. crithea
Binomial name
Catuna crithea
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio crithea Drury, 1773
  • Catune crithea pallidior Rothschild, 1918
  • Catuna crithea var. reticulata Schultze, 1920
  • Catuna crithea var. conjux Aurivillius, 1922
  • Catuna crithea var. conjuncta Aurivillius, 1922
  • Catuna crithea ogrugae Hall, 1935
  • Catuna crithea canui Hecq, 1988

Catuna crithea, the common pathfinder, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and northern and western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of dense lowland forests and the riverine forest floor.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit, especially of Cola and Ficus species.

The larvae feed on Bersama abyssinica, , , , Manilkara obovata, Bequaertiodendron, Englerophytum, Pachystela, Vincentella, Wildemaniodoxa, Gambeya, Pouteria, Chrysophyllum and Synsepalum species. Other sources list plants from the Ochnaceae and Apocynaceae families.

References[]

  1. ^ "Catuna Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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