Cymothoe coccinata

Species of butterfly

Cymothoe coccinata

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Cymothoe
Species:  |

C. coccinata

Binomial name
Cymothoe coccinata

(Hewitson, 1874)[1]

Synonyms

* Harma coccinata Hewitson, 1874
* Harma sangaris Godart; Hewitson, 1866
* Cymothoe coccinata ab. zickzack Strand, 1912
* Cymothoe coccinata f. lecerfi Overlaet, 1944
* Cymothoe excelsior f. spatiosa Overlaet, 1945
* Cymothoe coccinata bergeri Overlaet, 1952

Cymothoe coccinata, the common red glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Rinorea oblongifolia.

## Subspecies

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* Cymothoe coccinata coccinata (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Tshopo, Equateur)
* Cymothoe coccinata vrydaghi Overlaet, 1944 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Kivu)

## References

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Wikispecies has information related to Cymothoe coccinata.

1. ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

Taxon identifiers

Cymothoe coccinata|

* Wikidata: Q5199790
* Wikispecies: Cymothoe coccinata
* BioLib: 811484
* BOLD: 77635
* CoL: 33886
* EoL: 164607
* GBIF: 5132571
* iNaturalist: 319963
* IRMNG: 11416537
* LepIndex: 162336
* NCBI: 1210379
* Open Tree of Life: 142788

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