Cymothoe caenis

Cymothoe caenis
Male, Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Female, Kibale National Park, Uganda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cymothoe
Species:	C. caenis
Binomial name
Cymothoe caenis (Drury, [1773])
Synonyms
Papilio caenisDrury, 1773 Harma adelinaHewitson, 1869 Cymothoe adelina Harma corsandraDruce, 1874 Cymothoe caenis ab. conformisAurivillius, 1898 Cymothoe caenis ab. dumensisStrand, 1910 Cymothoe caenis ab. bakossensisStrand, 1912 Cymothoe caenis ab. luteostriataStrand, 1914 Cymothoe caenis ab. diffusaSchultze, 1916 Cymothoe caenis ab. obscuraSchultze, 1920 Cymothoe caenis ab. variegataSchultze, 1920 Cymothoe caenis ab. luteaSchultze, 1920 Cymothoe caenis f. rubidaHolland, 1920 Cymothoe caenis f. crassaOverlaet, 1942 Cymothoe caenis f. mayneiOverlaet, 1942 Cymothoe caenis ab. uniformisOverlaet, 1952 Cymothoe caenis ab. styxOverlaet, 1952 Cymothoe caenis ab. schultzeiOverlaet, 1952 Cymothoe caenis ab. ferrugineaDufrane, 1953

Cymothoe caenis, the common glider, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. ^[2] It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. ^[3] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland. It is a migratory species.

The larvae feed on Rawsonia usambarensis , Rawsonia lucida , Caloncoba gilgiana , Caloncoba glauca , Oncoba spinosa , Oncoba welwitschii , Lindackeria and Uapaca species.

References

1. Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Cymothoe caenis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T160593A5373038. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160593A5373038.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini