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Cymothoe beckeri

Synonyms: Amphidema beckeri; Cymothoe aurora; Cymothoe theodota

Wikipedia Abstract

Cymothoe beckeri, Becker’s Creamy Yellow Glider, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests. 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. Cymothoe beckeri male from Mbalmayo, Cameroon 238x
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Caloncoba welwitschii[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0