Cymothoe althea

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Western glider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cymothoe
Species:
C. althea
Binomial name
Cymothoe althea
(Cramer, 1776) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio altheaCramer, 1776
  • Papilio amphicedeCramer, 1777

Cymothoe althea, the western glider, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria. [2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

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