Harma theobene
Sole species in brush-footed butterfly genus Harma / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Harma theobene | |
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Specimen from Cameroon | |
Female, Kibale National Park, Uganda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Limenitidinae |
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.