Cymothoe weymeri

Cymothoe weymeri
Cymothoe weymeri depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. weymeri
Binomial name
Cymothoe weymeri Suffert, 1904[1]
Synonyms
Cymothoe weymeri ab. defasciatus Rydon, 1981

Cymothoe weymeri, Weymer’s Glider, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Flacourtiaceae species.

Subspecies

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

References

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