Cyrestis camillus

Updated on Dec 19, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Cyrestis camillus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cyrestis Rank Species

Similar Cyrestis, Graphium leonidas, Hypolimnas anthedon, Libythea labdaca, Leptosia alcesta

Cyrestis camillus, the African map butterfly, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa, from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Tanzania and from Kenya to Natal.

The wingspan is 42–55 mm.

The larvae feed on Morus, Ficus and Zizyphus species.

Subspecies

Cyrestis camillus camillus (Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, western Kenya, Ethiopia)

Cyrestis camillus elegans Boisduval, 1833 (Madagascar)

Cyrestis camillus sublineata Lathy, 1901 (Zimbabwe, Mozambique to Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, eastern Kenya, South Africa)

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