Cymothoe beckeri

Cymothoe beckeri, or Becker's creamy yellow glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Cymothoe beckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species:
C. beckeri
Binomial name
Cymothoe beckeri
Synonyms
  • Diadema beckeri Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858
  • Harma theodota Hewitson, 1874
  • Cymothoe theocranta Karsch, 1894
  • Cymothoe beckeri ab. aurora Overlaet, 1952
  • Harma marmorata Sharpe, 1904

Females mimic toxic day-flying moths, such as Oetroeda planax and Nytemera hesperia. Both sexes feed on fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Macaranga and Caloncoba species.

Subspecies
  • Cymothoe beckeri beckeri (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cymothoe beckeri theodosia Staudinger, 1890 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, western Uganda)

References
  1. "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini


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