Cymothoe jodutta

Updated on Sep 30, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cymothoe

Similar Cymothoe fumana, Cymothoe egesta, Cymothoe herminia, Cymothoe lurida, Cymothoe hesiodotus

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. 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

Cymothoe jodutta Wikipedia

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