Cymothoe reinholdi

Reinhold's creamy glider
in Rhopalocera Aethiopica Aurivillius, 1899 (figures 6, 7)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. reinholdi
Binomial name
Cymothoe reinholdi (Plötz, 1880) [1]
Synonyms
Harma reinholdiPlötz, 1880 Cymothoe theodoraStaudinger, 1890

Cymothoe reinholdi, or Reinhold's creamy glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

The larvae feed on Caseria congoensis .

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  C. reinholdi vitalis female from CAR - ventral side

Subspecies

• Cymothoe reinholdi reinholdi (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
• Cymothoe reinholdi vitalisRebel, 1914 (Central African Republic, central and north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

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

External links

• Images representing Cymothoe reinholdi at Consortium for the Barcode of Life