Hypolimnas anthedon

Variable Eggfly or
Variable Diadem
Hypolimnas anthedon ssp.drucei from Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species: H. anthedon
Binomial name
Hypolimnas anthedon
(Doubleday, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diadema anthedon Doubleday, 1845
  • Diadema damoclina Trimen, 1869
  • Papilio dubius Palisot de Beauvois, [1813-1830]
  • Diadema anthedon Doubleday, 1845
  • Hypolimnas dubia ab. cerberus Aurivillius, 1894
  • Hypolimnas daemona Staudinger, 1896
  • Hypolimnas daemona var. daemonides Staudinger, 1896
  • Hypolimnas dubius ab. latepicta Bartel, 1905
  • Hypolimnas dubius poensis Rothschild, 1918
  • Hypolimnas dubia dubia f. pseudodamoclina Dufrane, 1945
  • Hypolimnas dubia dubia ab. mariae Dufrane, 1945
  • Diadema wahlbergi Wallengren, 1857
  • Diadema mima Trimen, 1869
  • Euralia anthedon var. marginalis Butler, 1875
  • Hypolimnas angustilimbata Weymer, 1892
  • Hypolimnas mima f. millari Aurivillius, 1913
  • Panopea drucei Butler, 1874
  • Panopea bewsheri Butler, 1879
  • Panopea diffusa Butler, 1880
  • Hypolimnas madagascariensis Mabille, 1881
  • Hypolimnas lutescens Mabille, 1887
  • Hypolimnas limbata Crowley, 1890
  • Hypolimnas dubius mayottensis Rothschild, 1918
  • Hypolimnas dubia antelmei Le Cerf, 1928

The Variable Eggfly or Variable Diadem (Hypolimnas anthedon) is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.[1] There are four known subspecies.

The wingspan of the Variable Eggfly is 75–80  for males and 74–90  for females.[2]

Its flight period is year-round, peaking in late summer.[2]

The larva of Hypolimnas anthedon eat: Fleurya spp., Urera camerooensis, Urera camerooensis, Urtica, and Berkheya.[1][2]

Subspecies

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hypolimnas, funet.fi
  2. 1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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