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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Catuna
Species:
C. crithea
Binomial name
Catuna crithea
(Drury, 1773) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio critheaDrury, 1773
  • Catune crithea pallidiorRothschild, 1918
  • Catuna crithea var. reticulataSchultze, 1920
  • Catuna crithea var. conjuxAurivillius, 1922
  • Catuna crithea var. conjunctaAurivillius, 1922
  • Catuna crithea ogrugaeHall, 1935
  • Catuna crithea canuiHecq, 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 , Mimusops kummel , Malacantha alnifolia , Aningueria robusta , Manilkara obovata , Bequaertiodendron , Englerophytum , Pachystela , Vincentella , Wildemaniodoxa , Gambeya , Pouteria , Chrysophyllum and Synsepalum species. Other sources list plants from the Ochnaceae and Apocynaceae families.

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References

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