Harma theobene

Harma theobene
	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
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.^[2] 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