Hypolimnas dexithea
| Hypolimnas dexithea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hypolimnas |
| Species: | H. dexithea |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypolimnas dexithea (Hewitson, 1863)[1] | |
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The Madagascar diadem, Hypolimnas dexithea, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly endemic to Madagascar. The species was described in 1863 by William Chapman Hewitson from a specimen collected by J. Caldwell from Antananarivo in Madagascar. It later became one of the species targeted by collectors on account of its size and colour.
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