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Cymothoe weymeri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cymothoe

Cymothoe weymeri

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Cymothoe weymeri, Weymer’s glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 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

    Cymothoe weymeri Wikipedia
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