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Harma theobene

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Limenitidinae

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
HarmaDoubleday, [1848]

Similar
  
Cymothoe caenis, Cymothoe fumana, Butterflies and moths, Euryphura, Cymothoe hypatha

Harma is a monotypic butterfly genus in the Nymphalidae family. Its one species is Harma theobene, the angular glider. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, from Cameroon to Angola and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.

The larvae possibly feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Buchnerodendron, Rinorea, Lindackeria (including L. schweinfurthii) and Dovyalis species.

Subspecies

  • Harma theobene theobene – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria
  • Harma theobene blassi (Weymer, 1892) – coast of Kenya, eastern Tanzania
  • Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968) – Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, equatorial Africa, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Malawi, north-eastern Zambia

    • References

    Harma theobene Wikipedia
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