Cymothoe hyarbita, the creamy yellow glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
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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. hyarbita
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| Cymothoe hyarbita | |
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The larvae feed on Dichapetalum and Caloncoba species.
Subspecies edit
- Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbita (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, western Congo)
- Cymothoe hyarbita hyarbitina Aurivillius, 1897 (eastern Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Gallery edit
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C. hyarbita hyarbita ventral side
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cymothoe hyarbita.
Wikispecies has information related to Cymothoe hyarbita.
- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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