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'''''Harma''''' is a genus of [[Nymphalidae|brush-footed butterflies]]. It contains only one species '''''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 Congo]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]], [[Zambia]] and [[Mozambique]].<ref name=ATBUT>[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]</ref> The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.
'''''Harma''''' is a genus of [[Nymphalidae|brush-footed butterflies]]. It contains only one species: '''''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 Congo]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]], [[Zambia]] and [[Mozambique]].<ref name=ATBUT>[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_limenitidini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini]</ref> The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.


The larvae possibly feed on ''[[Caloncoba gilgiana]]'', ''[[Buchnerodendron]]'', ''[[Rinorea]]'', ''[[Lindackeria]]'' (including ''[[Lindackeria schweinfurthii]]'') and ''[[Dovyalis]]'' species.
The larvae possibly feed on ''[[Caloncoba gilgiana]]'', ''[[Buchnerodendron]]'', ''[[Rinorea]]'', ''[[Lindackeria]]'' (including ''[[Lindackeria schweinfurthii]]'') and ''[[Dovyalis]]'' species.

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Harma
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Harma

Doubleday, [1848]
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H. theobene
Binomial name
Harma theobene
Doubleday, [1848][1]
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 genus of brush-footed butterflies. It contains only one species: 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 Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.

The larvae possibly feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Buchnerodendron, Rinorea, Lindackeria (including Lindackeria 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 Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Malawi, north-eastern Zambia)


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