Catuna crithea

"Common pathfinder" redirects here. For the skipper butterfly with this common name, see Pardaleodes edipus.

Catuna crithea, the common pathfinder, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and northern and western Zambia. The habitat consists of dense lowland forests and the riverine forest floor.

Catuna crithea
C. c. conjuncta Kibale National Park, Uganda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Catuna
Species:	C. crithea
Binomial name
Catuna crithea (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Papilio crithea Drury, 1773 Catune crithea pallidior Rothschild, 1918 Catuna crithea var. reticulata Schultze, 1920 Catuna crithea var. conjux Aurivillius, 1922 Catuna crithea var. conjuncta Aurivillius, 1922 Catuna crithea ogrugae Hall, 1935 Catuna crithea canui Hecq, 1988

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit, especially of Cola and Ficus species.

The larvae feed on Bersama abyssinica, Mimusops kummel, Malacantha alnifolia, Aningueria robusta, Manilkara obovata, Bequaertiodendron, Englerophytum, Pachystela, Vincentella, Wildemaniodoxa, Gambeya, Pouteria, Chrysophyllum and Synsepalum species. Other sources list plants from the Ochnaceae and Apocynaceae families.

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  C. c. pallidior
  Kakum National Park, Ghana