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Herminia Glider

Cymothoe herminia johnstoni

Description:

Cymothoe herminia, the Herminia Glider, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.

Habitat:

This species is found mainly in secondary forest and disturbed areas of primary forest. I found it while walking along a path quite far into the forest.

Notes:

Photo 5 shows the habitat

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Herminia Glider
Cymothoe herminia johnstoni Unknown spotting | Project Noah


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3 Comments

VitoSarancha
VitoSarancha 9 years ago

great spot!

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

thank you bayucca. I can see what you mean.

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Looking at the markings, specially the brown zig-zagged band on the forewing let me think of Cymothoe herminia rather than Cymothoe caenis, which would not have such a brown band:
http://www.panoramio.com/m/photo/9734589...
Please, verify and confirmation by others would be welcome...

pamsai
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pamsai

Uganda

Spotted on Jul 19, 2014
Submitted on Jul 26, 2014

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