Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae

Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. reginaeelisabethae
Binomial name
Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae Holland, 1920[1]
Synonyms
Cymothoe dropsyi Overlaet, 1944 Cymothoe coccinata ab. similis Neustetter, 1912

Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and the Central African Republic.^[2]

Subspecies

• Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae reginaeelisabethae (Uganda: Toro, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Ituri and northern Kivu)
• Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae belgarum Overlaet, 1952 (Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo: north to Ubangi)

Etymology

"On the occasion of the visit to the Carnegie Institute by their Majesties, the King and the Queen of the Belgians, and of His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, on October 23, 1919, I had the honor of showing to Her Majesty, the Queen, a proof of Plate X of this paper, which was lying upon my desk. I requested Her Majesty to accord to me the privilege of naming this lovely butterfly in her honor, and 'she most graciously acceded to my request, expressing pleasure at the thought. It therefore bears the name of the Queen of the Belgians".William Jacob Holland

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