''Cymothoe meridionalis'' 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 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 meridionalis meridionalis'' (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to southern Kabinda and western Lualaba) *''Cymothoe meridionalis ghesquierei'' Overlaet, 1944 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Maniema and Tshopo)

References

Butterflies described in 1944 Cymothoe (butterfly) Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Butterflies of Africa {{Limenitidinae-stub