Cymothoe althea

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.

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

Subspecies

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