''Cymothoe egesta'', the common yellow glider, is a

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

in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and

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.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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''. The larvae feed on ''

Rinorea ''Rinorea'' is a genus of plant in family Violaceae. Species include: * '' Rinorea abbreviata'' G. Achoundong & J.J. Bos * '' Rinorea acommanthera'' Gagnep. * '' Rinorea antioquiensis'' Smith & Fernández * '' Rinorea bicornuta'' Hekking * '' R ...

'' species.

Subspecies

*''Cymothoe egesta egesta'' (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana to western Nigeria) *''Cymothoe egesta confusa'' Aurivillius, 1887 (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

Gallery

Common yellow gilder (Cymothoe egesta egesta) male underside 2.jpg, male ''C. e. egesta''

Kakum National Park Kakum National Park, located in the coastal environs of the Central Region of Ghana, covers an area of . Established in 1931 as a reserve, it was gazetted as a national park only in 1992 after an initial survey of avifauna was conducted. The ar ...

Common yellow gilder (Cymothoe egesta egesta) underside 2.jpg, female ''C. e. egesta''

References

Butterflies described in 1775 Cymothoe (butterfly) Taxa named by Pieter Cramer {{Limenitidinae-stub