Hypolimnas antilope

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 Spotted Crow Eggfly (Hypolimnas antilope) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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

References

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