Hypolimnas antilope

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.

Hypolimnas antilope
Scientific classification
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

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

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


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