Cymothoe sangaris

Цимотое Сангарис, по латински Cymothoe sangaris, the blood-red glider, is a species of butterfly, Cymothoe sangaris is found in Central Africa, butterfly of the family Nymphalidae

Blood-red glider
Dorsal side
Ventral side
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. sangaris
Binomial name
Cymothoe sangaris (Godart, 1824)
Synonyms
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

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.^[1]

Currently, the following subspecies are recognised:

• Cymothoe sangaris sangaris

Range: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, DRC: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, North Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Kwango, Kasai, Sankuru and Maniema provinces

• Cymothoe sangaris luluana Overlaet, 1945

Range: DRC: Lualaba and Lomami provinces, Zambia

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.