Cymothoe weymeri

Weymer's glider
Male, Boukoko, Lobaye, CAR
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species:
C. weymeri
Binomial name
Cymothoe weymeri
Synonyms
  • Cymothoe weymeri ab. defasciatus Rydon, 1981

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.

Cymothoe weymeri in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana

Subspecies

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


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