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Cymothoe sangaris

Species of butterfly

Nymphale sangaris Godart, 1824
Harma uselda Hewitson, 1869
Cymothoe sangaris ab. reuteri Strand, 1910
Cymothoe sangaris ab. pallida Schultze, 1920
Cymothoe sangaris f. pluviatilis Overlaet, 1945
Cymothoe sangaris reuteri f. extimata Overlaet, 1945
Cymothoe sangaris reuteri f. simplicior Overlaet, 1945
Cymothoe sangaris reuteri f. rubrior Overlaet, 1945
Cymothoe sangaris luluana f. orchymonti Overlaet, 1945 Cymothoe sangaris, the blood-red glider, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central Africa.

Some authors believe the species should be split into separate species. They base this on morphological characteristics (mainly in the females) and DNA research. The new species would be specialised in one food plant.

Currently, the following subspecies are recognised:

Cymothoe sangaris sangaris

- *Cymothoe sangaris luluana* Overlaet, 1945 ::Range: DRC: Lualaba and Lomami provinces, Zambia The larvae feed on *Rinorea* species. ## References ## References 1. [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/cymothoe/ "''Cymothoe'' Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' 2. {{Aut. Robin van Velzen, Freek T. Bakker & Joop J.A. van Loon (2007) ''[http://www.bis.wur.nl/NR/rdonlyres/48C0FD5A-6494-4EE4-8118-0760CDC26112/38934/ProcSETE2007VelzenEA1.pdf DNA barcoding reveals hidden species diversity in Cymothoe (Nymphalidae)]'', Proc. Neth. Entomol. Soci. Meet., vol. 18, pp. 95-103. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoe_sangaris) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoe_sangaris?action=history). ::

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