''Cymothoe harmilla'' 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

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 ...

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 ...

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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Subspecies

*''Cymothoe harmilla harmilla'' (Nigeria, south-western Cameroon, Gabon) *''Cymothoe harmilla kraepelini'' Schultze, 1912 (south-eastern Cameroon) *''Cymothoe harmilla micans'' Bouyer & Joly, 1995 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

Butterflies described in 1874 Cymothoe (butterfly) Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Limenitidinae-stub