Cymothoe althea
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Cymothoe |
Species: | C. althea
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Binomial name | |
Cymothoe althea | |
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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.
Subspecies
[edit]- Cymothoe althea althea (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- Cymothoe althea bobi Collins & Larsen, 2000 (eastern Nigeria)
References
[edit]- ^ "Cymothoe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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