Cymothoe preussi

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Cymothoe preussi
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Male and female in Seitz's Fauna Africana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species:
C. preussi
Binomial name
Cymothoe preussi
Staudinger, 1890 [1]

Cymothoe preussi, or Preuss' orange glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adult females mimic moths of genus Aletis .

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