Catuna oberthueri
| Catuna oberthueri | |
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| Catuna oberthueri male
Mbalmayo, Cameroon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Catuna |
| Species: | C. oberthueri |
| Binomial name | |
| Catuna oberthueri Karsch, 1894[1] | |
Catuna oberthueri, Oberthür’s Pathfinder, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, named after the French entomologist Charles Oberthür. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
References
Catuna oberthueri depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
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- ↑ Catuna, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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