''Cymothoe radialis'' 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 ...

.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
/ref> This species has a wingspan of 50 mm. The

holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of seve ...

was provided by the collector ''Von Stetten'' from the

Moloundou Moloundou is an ''arrondissement'' (district) in the Boumba-et-Ngoko Division of southeastern Cameroon's East Province. Mouloundou is close to Boumba Bek and Nki National Parks on the Dja River. It has a mayor and several decentralised admini ...

district in southern Cameroon.(in German
Gaede, M. 1915. ''Neue afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologischen Museums''. - Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 9:109
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References

Butterflies described in 1916 Cymothoe (butterfly) Endemic fauna of Cameroon Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Max Gaede {{Limenitidinae-stub