Cymothoe haimodia

Species of butterfly

Cymothoe haimodia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species:
C. haimodia
Binomial name
Cymothoe haimodia
(Grose-Smith, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Harma haimodia Grose-Smith, 1887

Cymothoe haimodia, the haimodia red glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Females closely resemble moths of the genus Aletis, of which they might be mimics.

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

References

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  1. ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
Taxon identifiers
Cymothoe haimodia


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