Cymothoe lurida

Cymothoe lurida
	Female Cymothoe lurida lurida; Ghana
	Female Cymothoe lurida butleri; Kibale Forest, Uganda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. lurida
Binomial name
	Cymothoe lurida; (Butler, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
	Harma lurida Butler, 1871; Cymothoe hesione Weymer, 1907; Cymothoe congoensis Suffert, 1904; Cymothoe lurida var. butleri ab. rufobrunnea Neustetter, 1912; Cymothoe butleri var. dubia Schouteden, 1912; Cymothoe butleri Grünberg, 1908; Cymothoe lurida centralis f. sublustris Overlaet, 1952;

Cymothoe lurida, the lurid glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland to submontane forests, including riparian forests.

Males of the species mud-puddle. Both sexes are attracted to fermenting bananas.

The larvae feed on Dovyalis, Rawsonia and Rinorea species.

Subspecies

Cymothoe lurida lurida (Ivory Coast, Ghana)
Cymothoe lurida azumai Carcasson, 1964 (north-western Tanzania, Zambia)
Cymothoe lurida butleri Grünberg, 1908 (Uganda)
Cymothoe lurida centralis Overlaet, 1952 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: central to Lualaba, Kasai, Lomami and Sankuru)
Cymothoe lurida hesione Weymer, 1907 (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Angola, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Cymothoe lurida sublurida Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Bioko)
Cymothoe lurida tristis Overlaet, 1952 (Congo, Uganda: west to Bwamba and Toro, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa, Mongala, Uele, Ituri and Kivu)

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