Cymothoe heliada
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Cymothoe heliada is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Rinorea species.
Subspecies[]
- Cymothoe heliada heliada (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo)
- Cymothoe heliada liberatorum Overlaet, 1952 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: central to Sankuru)
- Cymothoe heliada mutshindji Overlaet, 1940 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Kabinda)
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- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1874
- Cymothoe (butterfly)
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Limenitidinae stubs