Hypolimnas deceptor

Deceptive Eggfly or
Deceptive Diadem
Hypolimnas deceptor depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species: H. deceptor
Binomial name
Hypolimnas deceptor
(Doubleday, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diadema deceptor Trimen, 1873
  • Euralia kirbyi Butler, 1898
  • Hypolimnas deludens Grose-Smith, 1891
  • Euralia grandidieri Mabille, 1899

Deceptive Eggfly or Deceptive Diadem (Hypolimnas deceptor) is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.[1]

Wingspan: 60–65 mm for males and 70–80 mm for females.[2]

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

Larval food is Fleurya capensis and Laportis peduncularis.[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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, May 05, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.