Hypolimnas_anthedon

<i>Hypolimnas anthedon</i>

Hypolimnas anthedon

Species of butterfly

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.

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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)

References

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  1. [1]
    "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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