''Cymothoe hyarbita'', the creamy 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
Nigeria
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,
Cameroon
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, the
Republic of the Congo
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and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]
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The larvae feed on '' Dichapetalum'' and ''Caloncoba
''Caloncoba'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae
Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 32-33 genera with about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees. The APG IV system has grea ...
'' species.
Subspecies
*''Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbita'' (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, western Congo)
*''Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbitina'' Aurivillius, 1897 (eastern Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Gallery
File:Cymothoe hyarbita male ventral.jpg, ''C. hyarbita hyarbita'' ventral side
References
Butterflies described in 1866
Cymothoe (butterfly)
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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