Information: Cypholoba cailliaudii is a widely distributed species in eastern and southern Africa, which was described from the Sudanese Sennaar in 1835 by Laporte as Polyhirma cailliaudii.
Body length: 26 - 35 mm
Peak activity: January - December (depends on region)
Remarks: Cypholoba cailliaudii is primarily found in various regions of sub-Saharan Africa, where it inhabits dry savannas, steppes, and other open habitats with plenty of shelter and shrub vegetation.
Distribution: Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
Taxonomic classification:
Anthiinae monographischer Bildatlas | Kleinfeld 2012
Subspecie: 5
Remarks: The subspecies occurs only in the eastern part of Ethiopia (provinces of Harari, Oromiya, Somali, Tigray).
Body length: 26 - 35mm
Distribution: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan
Material examined (& observation):
Ethiopia 
Somali State (Ogaden)
Liben region
between Filtu and NEGELE Borena (Oromia State)
(GPS) 
Altitude 14700 m a.s.l. | 19.11.2014
Our observation period: November ~ December
Sampling Methods: in grass and bushes vegetation 
[= Polyhirma biscutellata (Fairmaire, 1887)]
[= Polyhirma clausi (Kuntzen, 1913)]
[= Cypholoba glauningi Strohmeyer, 1928]
[= Polyhirma goetzei (Kuntzen, 1913)]
[= Cypholoba guruana Strohmeyer, 1928]
[= Cypholoba holtzi Strohmeyer, 1928]
[= Polyhirma kolbei (Sternberg, 1907)]
[= Polyhirma massaica (Kuntzen, 1913)]
[= Cypholoba neumanniana Strohmeyer, 1928]
[= Cypholoba punctata (Bénard, 1921)]
[= Cypholoba saramica Strohmeyer, 1928]
[= Polyhirma ukerewensis (Kuntzen, 1913)]
[= Cypholoba zenckei Strohmeyer, 1928]
Information: The subspecies C. cailliaudii biscutellata was described from Tanzania (Tabora) in 1887 by Fairmaire.
Body length: 26 - 29 mm
Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania
[= Polyhirma clathratipennis (Bénard, 1923)]
[= Cypholoba ledouxi Strohmeyer, 1928]
[= Polyhirma littoralis (Kuntzen, 1913)]
[= Cypholoba rhodesiana (Strohmeyer, 1928)]
[= Cypholoba seineriana Strohmeyer, 1928]
[= Anthia septemcostata (C.A.Dohrn, 1883)]
[= Cypholoba teteana Strohmeyer, 1928]
Information: The subspecies C. cailliaudii boucardi was described from South Africa (Transwal) in 1883 by Chaudoir.
Body length: 29 - 35 mm
Distribution: Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, [Chad, Niger, Uganda??]
[= Cypholoba mirei Basilewsky, 1963]
[= Polyhirma neumanni (Sternberg, 1908)]
Information: The subspecies C. cailliaudii bozasi was described from Kenya (Lake Turkana) in 1907 by Sternberg.
Body length: ~ 30 mm
Distribution: Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Niger, Uganda
Information: The subspecies C. cailliaudii livingstoniana was described from Zambia (Livingstone) in 1983 by Basilewsky.
Body length: ~ 30 mm
Distribution: Zambia
Ethiopia
