Harma theobene
Harma is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species is Harma theobene, the angular glider. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, from Cameroon to Angola and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.
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Specimen from Cameroon | |
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Female, Kibale National Park, Uganda | |
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Genus: | Harma Doubleday, [1848] |
Species: | H. theobene |
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Harma theobene Doubleday, [1848][1] | |
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The larvae possibly feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Buchnerodendron, Rinorea, Lindackeria (including L. schweinfurthii) and Dovyalis species.
Subspecies
- Harma theobene theobene – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria
- Harma theobene blassi (Weymer, 1892) – coast of Kenya, eastern Tanzania
- Harma theobene superna (Fox, 1968) – Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, equatorial Africa, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Malawi, north-eastern Zambia
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Harma theobene superna from Gabela forest, Angola
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References
- "Harma Doubleday, [1848]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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