Cymothoe caenis

Cymothoe caenis
Male, Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Female, Kibale National Park, Uganda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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 caenis Drury, 1773 Harma adelina Hewitson, 1869 Cymothoe adelina Harma corsandra Druce, 1874 Cymothoe caenis ab. conformis Aurivillius, 1898 Cymothoe caenis ab. dumensis Strand, 1910 Cymothoe caenis ab. bakossensis Strand, 1912 Cymothoe caenis ab. luteostriata Strand, 1914 Cymothoe caenis ab. diffusa Schultze, 1916 Cymothoe caenis ab. obscura Schultze, 1920 Cymothoe caenis ab. variegata Schultze, 1920 Cymothoe caenis ab. lutea Schultze, 1920 Cymothoe caenis f. rubida Holland, 1920 Cymothoe caenis f. crassa Overlaet, 1942 Cymothoe caenis f. maynei Overlaet, 1942 Cymothoe caenis ab. uniformis Overlaet, 1952 Cymothoe caenis ab. styx Overlaet, 1952 Cymothoe caenis ab. schultzei Overlaet, 1952 Cymothoe caenis ab. ferruginea Dufrane, 1953

Cymothoe caenis, the common glider, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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. 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.