Cymothoe hyarbita

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Cymothoe hyarbita
Cymothoe hyarbita.JPG
Cymothoe hyarbita1.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
C. hyarbita
Binomial name
Cymothoe hyarbita
(Hewitson, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Harma hyarbita Hewitson, 1866
  • Paradiadema hora Distant, 1880
  • Aterica buchholzi Plötz, 1880
  • Cymothoe electrinos Birket-Smith, 1960

Cymothoe hyarbita, the creamy yellow glider, 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 larvae feed on Dichapetalum and Caloncoba species.

Subspecies[]

  • Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbita (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, western Congo)
  • Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbitina Aurivillius, 1897 (eastern Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini


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