Hypolimnas antilope

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Hypolimnas antilope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species:
H. antilope
Binomial name
Hypolimnas antilope
(Cramer, [1777])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio antilope Cramer, [1777]
  • Hypolimnas violaria Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Hypolimnas pseudopithoeca Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Hypolimnas circumscripta Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Diadema albula Wallace, 1869
  • Diadema lutescens Butler, 1874
  • Hypolimnas shortlandica Ribbe, 1898
  • Diadema scopas Godman & Salvin, 1888

Hypolimnas antilope, the spotted crow eggfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Malaya to the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia.

The larvae feed on Asystasia, Graptophyllum, Pseuderanthemum, Oreocnide and Pipturus species (including Pipturus argenteus).

Subspecies[edit]

  • Hypolimnas antilope antilope (Ambon, Serang, Saparua, Sula, Maluku)
  • Hypolimnas antilope albomela Howarth, 1962 (Solomons: Rennell Island)
  • Hypolimnas antilope albula (Wallace, 1869) (Timor)
  • Hypolimnas antilope lutescens (Butler, 1874) (Fiji)
  • Hypolimnas antilope maglovius Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Buru)
  • Hypolimnas antilope mela Fruhstorfer, 1903 (south-eastern New Guinea, Papua)
  • Hypolimnas antilope phalkes Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Talaud, Sangihe)
  • Hypolimnas antilope quinctinus Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Obi, Bachan, Halmahera)
  • Hypolimnas antilope scopas (Godman & Salvin, 1888) (Solomons: Malaita)
  • Hypolimnas antilope shortlandica Ribbe, 1898 (Solomons: Shortland Island)
  • Hypolimnas antilope sila Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Seram)
  • Hypolimnas antilope typhlis Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Key Island)
  • Hypolimnas antilope wagneri Clark, 1946 (Admiralty Islands)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms