Hypolimnas usambara

Red Spot Diadem
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species: H. usambara
Binomial name
Hypolimnas usambara
(Ward, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diadema usambara Ward, 1872
  • Hypolimnas imperialis Staudinger, 1885

The Red Spot Diadem (Hypolimnas usambara) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in Tanzania, from the coast inland to the Usambara Mountains.[2] The habitat consists of primary coastal forests.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.[1]

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