Cymothoe althea

Western glider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. althea
Binomial name
	Cymothoe althea; (Cramer, 1776)
Synonyms
	Papilio altheaCramer, 1776 ; Papilio amphicedeCramer, 1777 ;

Last updated November 01, 2026

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. The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Subspecies

Cymothoe althea althea (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
Cymothoe althea bobiCollins & Larsen, 2000 (eastern Nigeria)

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. The nominate subspecies is #866.^[2] The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.^[3]

References

↑ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 115. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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[funet-1] "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.

[3] Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 115. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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