Biology:Hypolimnas deceptor
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Hypolimnas deceptor | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hypolimnas |
| Species: | H. deceptor
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypolimnas deceptor (Doubleday, 1845)[2]
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Hypolimnas deceptor, the deceptive eggfly or deceptive diadem, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.[2]
Wingspan: 60–65 mm for males and 70–80 mm for females.[3]
Flight period is year round, peaking in late summer.[3]
Larval food is Fleurya capensis and Laportis peduncularis.[2][3]
Subspecies
- H. d. deceptor (southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape)
- H. d. deludens Grose-Smith, 1891 (central and south-western Madagascar)
References
- ↑ "Hypolimnas deceptor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T162639751A222995307. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162639751/222995307.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q5959706 entry
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