Biology:Harma theobene

Short description: Sole species in brush-footed butterfly genus Harma

Harma theobene
Specimen from Cameroon
Female, Kibale National Park, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Limenitidinae
Genus:	Harma Doubleday, [1848]
Species:	H. theobene
Binomial name
Harma theobene Doubleday, [1848]
Synonyms
Genus: Amphidema Felder, 1861 Species: Cymothoe theobene Cymothoe theobene f. umbrina Joicey and Talbot, 1921 Cymothoe blassi Weymer, 1892 Cymothoe theobene nebetheo Suffert, 1904 Cymothoe theobene superna Fox, 1968 Cymothoe theobene ab. sordida Schultze, 1916 Cymothoe theobene ab. dualana Strand, 1914 Cymothoe theobene f. lutescens Poulton, 1922 Cymothoe theobene f. nigrolutescens Poulton, 1922 Cymothoe theobene f. nigrescens Poulton, 1922 Cymothoe (Harma) theobene f. jacksoni van Someren, 1939

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. The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.

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

Harma theobene superna from Gabela forest, Angola

References

Wikidata ☰ Q27994944 entry