Cymothoe jodutta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cymothoe |
| Species: | C. jodutta
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Cymothoe jodutta, the jodutta glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of wet forests.
The larvae feed on Caloncoba species.
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C. jodutta ciceronis female dorsal side -
C. jodutta ciceronis female ventral side
Subspecies
[edit]- Cymothoe jodutta jodutta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- Cymothoe jodutta ciceronis (Ward, 1871) (Nigeria: east of Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe)
- Cymothoe jodutta ehmckei Dewitz, 1887 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tshuapa, Mai-Ndombe, Kinshasa, Kwango, Kasai, Sankuru)
- Cymothoe jodutta mostinckxi Overlaet, 1952 (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu and Tshopo)
References
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- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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