Biology:Hypolimnas anthedon
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Hypolimnas anthedon | |
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| male H. a. anthedon Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hypolimnas |
| Species: | H. anthedon
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)[1]
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Hypolimnas anthedon, the variable eggfly or variable diadem, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.[1] There are four known subspecies, but it is very variable species with many morphs.
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 species, Urera camerooensis, Urera camerooensis, Urtica, and Berkheya.[1][2]
Subspecies
- H. a. anthedon (southern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, northern and north-western Zambia)
- H. a. drucei (Butler, 1874) (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius)
- H. a. wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857) (Ethiopia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), eastern Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini )
H. a. drucei from Madagascar
Benin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q3144291 entry
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