Hypolimnas octocula marianensis

Mariana Eight-Spot Butterfly
Mariana Eight-Spot Butterfly on Guam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. octocula
Subspecies:	H. o. marianensis
Trinomial name
Hypolimnas octocula marianensis

Hypolimnas octocula marianensis, known as the Mariana Eight Spot Butterfly or Forest Flicker, is a subspecies of Hypolimnas octocula, the Eight-spot butterfly.^[1]

The species is in found on Guam and Saipan in the Mariana Islands and feeds on two host plants: Procris pedunculata and Elatostema calcareum.^[2] These two herbs grow only on karst limestone forest. It occurs with certainty only on Guam and is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act. The Mariana Eight Spot Butterfly suffers from numerous threats, including habitat destruction, competition from introduced species and increased predation from ants and wasps.^[1]

References

1. "Volume 9: Appendices" (PDF). Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Relocating Marines from Okinawa, Visiting Aircraft Carrier Berthing, and Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force. November 2009. p. 36. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
2. "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions" (PDF). Federal Register. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. December 10, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 6 January 2010.