Cymothoe beckeri Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Limenitidinae → tribe Neptini → genus Cymothoe → species Cymothoe beckeri
Species name(s)
Cymothoe beckeri Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 = Diadema beckeri Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] = Cymothoe theodota Hewitson, 1864 = Cymothoe theocranta Karsch, 1894 = aurora Neustetter, 1952 = Cymothoe theodota Hewitson 1864. [9, 85, 187]
African Sunrise.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15137
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Ethiopic.
Primary colors
Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Angola, Uganda, Central African Republic (CAR) [PC93].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Macaranga, Caloncoba [PC93].
Subspecies of Cymothoe beckeri
- Cymothoe beckeri beckeri. [9]
- C. b. theocranta Karsch, 1894. [187]
- C. b. theodosia Staudinger, 1889. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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