Cymothoe mabillei

Cymothoe mabillei, the western red glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana (west of the Volta River).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Cymothoe mabillei
both in Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species:
C. mabillei
Binomial name
Cymothoe mabillei
Overlaet, 1944[1]
Synonyms
  • Cymothoe aralus Mabille, 1890
  • Cymothoe anitorgis ab. leonis Aurivillius, 1912
  • Cymothoe mabillei f. testui Overlaet, 1944

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


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