Cymothoe egesta

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Cymothoe egesta
Common yellow gilder (Cymothoe egesta egesta) male.jpg
male C. e. egesta
Common yellow glider (Cymothoe egesta egesta) female.jpg
female C. e. egesta
both in Kakum National Park, Ghana
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C. egesta
Binomial name
Cymothoe egesta
(Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio egesta Cramer, 1775
  • Cymothoe confusa Aurivillius, 1887
  • Cymothoe egesta var. degesta Staudinger, 1890

Cymothoe egesta, the common yellow glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forests, including secondary growth.

Males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit. They have also been recorded feeding from the flowers of .

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

Subspecies[]

  • Cymothoe egesta egesta (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana to western Nigeria)
  • Cymothoe egesta confusa Aurivillius, 1887 (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

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References[]

  1. ^ Cymothoe at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini


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