''Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae'' 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

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, the

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Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...

and the

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.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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Subspecies

*''Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae reginaeelisabethae'' (Uganda: Toro, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri and northern Kivu) *''Cymothoe reginaeelisabethae belgarum'' Overlaet, 1952 (Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: north to Ubangi)

Etymology

"On the occasion of the visit to the Carnegie Institute by their Majesties, the King and the Queen of the Belgians, and of His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, on October 23, 1919, I had the honor of showing to Her Majesty, the Queen, a proof of Plate X of this paper, which was lying upon my desk. I requested Her Majesty to accord to me the privilege of naming this lovely butterfly in her honor, and 'she most graciously acceded to my request, expressing pleasure at the thought. It therefore bears the name of the

Queen of the Belgians The wives of Belgian monarchs have all been titled Queen and styled Majesty, with the exception of Leopold III of Belgium's second wife Mary Lilian Baels, who was titled Princess of Belgium and Princess of Réthy. All Belgian monarchs so far hav ...

". —William Jacob Holland

References

Butterflies described in 1920 Cymothoe (butterfly) {{Limenitidinae-stub