Cymothoe aramis

Cymothoe aramis
Dorsal view, at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. aramis
Binomial name
Cymothoe aramis (Hewitson, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
Euryphene aramisHewitson, 1865 Cymothoe aramis f. excelsiorHall, 1917 Cymothoe aramis f. schoutedeniOverlaet, 1945 Cymothoe aramis f. carradotiOverlaet, 1944

Cymothoe aramis, the orange-red glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Rinorea dentata .

Subspecies

• Cymothoe aramis aramis (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic)
• Cymothoe aramis schoutedeniOverlaet, 1952 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu)

Gallery

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  Dorsal view from Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies volume III (1856)
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  Ventral view

References

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

External links

• Cymothoe aramis aramis at u-bordeaux1.fr
• Cymothoe aramis at v2.boldsystems.org ^{[ permanent dead link ]}