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Kallimoides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Species
  
K. rumia

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Vanessula, Butterflies and moths, Kallimini, Catacroptera, Rhinopalpa polynice

Kallimoides is a genus of butterflies in the Nymphalidae family. It contains only one species, Kallimoides rumia, the African Leaf Butterfly. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Bioko, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to sucking-trees and sometimes also to fallen fruit and banana-baited traps.

The larvae feed on Brillantaisa species.

Subspecies

  • Kallimoides rumia rumia (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • Kallimoides rumia jadyae (Fox, 1968) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Sankuru, Lualaba)
  • Kallimoides rumia rattrayi (Sharpe, 1904) (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)

    • References

    Kallimoides Wikipedia
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