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Cymothoe caenis (Drury, [1773])

- adelina (Hewitson, 1869)
- corsandra (Druce, 1874)
- conformis (Aurivillius, 1898)
- dumensis (Strand, 1910)
- bakossensis (Strand, 1912)
- luteostriata (Strand, 1914)
- diffusa (Schultze, 1916)
- rubida (Holland, 1920)
- lutea (Schultze, 1920)
- variegata (Schultze, 1920)
- obscura (Schultze, 1920)
- crassa (Overlaet, 1942)
- maynei (Overlaet, 1942)
- uniformis (Overlaet, 1952)
- styx (Overlaet, 1952)
- schultzei (Overlaet, 1952)
- ferruginea (Dufrane, 1953)

Adult morphologyWingspan32
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)863
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)374
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Flacourtiaceae
    - Caloncoba
    - Rawsonia
  • Uapacaceae
    - Uapaca

  • Flacourtiaceae
    - Caloncoba
    - Rawsonia
  • Uapacaceae
    - Uapaca

Records

1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011