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Cymothoe lurida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cymothoe


Similar
  
Cymothoe hesiodotus, Cymothoe herminia, Cymothoe fumana, Cymothoe capella, Cymothoe hypatha

Cymothoe lurida, the lurid glider, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of lowland to submontane forests, including riparian forests.

Males of the species mud-puddle. Both sexes are attracted to fermenting bananas.

The larvae feed on Dovyalis, Rawsonia and Rinorea species.

Subspecies

  • Cymothoe lurida lurida (Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • Cymothoe lurida azumai Carcasson, 1964 (north-western Tanzania, Zambia)
  • Cymothoe lurida butleri Grünberg, 1908 (Uganda)
  • Cymothoe lurida centralis Overlaet, 1952 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: central to Lualaba, Kasai, Lomami and Sankuru)
  • Cymothoe lurida hesione Weymer, 1907 (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Angola, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cymothoe lurida sublurida Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Bioko)
  • Cymothoe lurida tristis Overlaet, 1952 (Congo, Uganda: west to Bwamba and Toro, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa, Mongala, Uele, Ituri and Kivu)

    • References

    Cymothoe lurida Wikipedia
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