Cymothoe jodutta

Cymothoe jodutta
Cymothoe jodutta depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species: C. jodutta
Binomial name
Cymothoe jodutta
(Westwood, 1850)[1]
Synonyms
  • Harma jodutta Westwood, 1850
  • Cymothoe aralus Mabille, 1890
  • Harma ciceronis Ward, 1871
  • Harma cyriades Ward, 1871
  • Cymothoe seneca Kirby, 1889
  • Cymothoe ehmkei var. intermedia Gaede, 1916
  • Cymothoe ehmckei Dewitz, 1887

Cymothoe jodutta, the Jodutta Glider, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of wet forests.

The larvae feed on Caloncoba species.

Subspecies

References

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