Cymothoe weymeri

Weymer's glider
Male, Boukoko, Lobaye, CAR
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. weymeri
Binomial name
Cymothoe weymeri Suffert, 1904 [2]
Synonyms
Cymothoe weymeri ab. defasciatusRydon, 1981

Cymothoe weymeri, or Weymer's glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[3] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Flacourtiaceae species.

Cymothoe weymeri in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana

Subspecies

• Cymothoe weymeri weymeri (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Cymothoe weymeri mulattaBelcastro, 1990 (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

1. Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Cymothoe weymeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T160070A5349025. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160070A5349025.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini