Cymothoe jodutta
Cymothoe jodutta | |
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Cymothoe jodutta depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Cymothoe |
Species: | C. jodutta |
Binomial name | |
Cymothoe jodutta (Westwood, 1850)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Cymothoe jodutta, the Jodutta Glider, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of wet forests.
The larvae feed on Caloncoba species.
Subspecies
- Cymothoe jodutta jodutta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- Cymothoe jodutta ciceronis (Ward, 1871) (Nigeria: east of Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo: Mayumbe)
- Cymothoe jodutta ehmckei Dewitz, 1887 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Tshuapa, Mai-Ndombe, Kinshasa, Kwango, Kasai, Sankuru)
- Cymothoe jodutta mostinckxi Overlaet, 1952 (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu and Tshopo)
References
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- ↑ Cymothoe, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini