Cymothoe cottrelli
Cymothoe cottrelli | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Cymothoe |
Species: | C. cottrelli |
Binomial name | |
Cymothoe cottrelli Rydon, 1980[1] |
Cymothoe cottrelli is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Rawsonia lucida and Dovyalis species.
Subspecies[edit]
- Cymothoe cottrelli cottrelli (south-western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia: western Nyika Plateau)
- Cymothoe cottrelli njombe Rydon, 1996 (Tanzania)
- Cymothoe cottrelli livingstonensis Darge, 2006 (Tanzania: Livingstone Mountains)
References[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
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- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini