Cymothoe haimodia

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Cymothoe haimodia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species:
C. haimodia
Binomial name
Cymothoe haimodia
(Grose-Smith, 1887) [1]
Synonyms
  • Harma haimodiaGrose-Smith, 1887

Cymothoe haimodia, the haimodia red glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and Cameroon. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Females closely resemble moths of the genus Aletis , of which they might be mimics.

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

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