Cymothoe lucasii

Fiery yellow glider
Cymothoe lucasii and Cymothoe oemilius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. lucasii
Binomial name
Cymothoe lucasii (Doumet, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
Nymphalis lucasiiDoumet, 1859 Cymothoe cloetensiSeeldrayers, 1896

Cymothoe lucasii, the fiery yellow glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

Subspecies

• Cymothoe lucasii lucasii (Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Cymothoe lucasii binotorumDarge, 1985 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic)
• Cymothoe lucasii cloetensiSeeldrayers, 1896 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri, Kwngo, Sankuru)
• Cymothoe lucasii minigorumDarge, 1985 (Congo: Brazzaville district)

References

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