''Cymothoe aramis'', the orange-red glider, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...

. It is found in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

, the Republic of the Congo,

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

, the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the C ...

and the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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Rinorea dentata ''Rinorea dentata'', commonly known as kuntze, is a species of plant in the family Violaceae. It is found in the tropical rainforests of Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon and Uganda. It is particularly common in the Omo Forest Reserve in Ogun State, Ni ...

''.

Subspecies

*''Cymothoe aramis aramis'' (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic) *''Cymothoe aramis schoutedeni'' Overlaet, 1952 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu)

Gallery

File:Cymothoe aramis.JPG, Dorsal view from ''Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies'' volume III (1856) File:Cymothoe aramis1.JPG, Ventral view

References

External links

''Cymothoe aramis aramis'' at u-bordeaux1.fr

''Cymothoe aramis'' at v2.boldsystems.org
Butterflies described in 1865 Cymothoe (butterfly) Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Limenitidinae-stub