Hypolimnas aubergeri

Hypolimnas aubergeri, the Côte d'Ivoire eggfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea (the Nimba Mountains), eastern and central Ivory Coast (French: Côte d'Ivoire) and possibly Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Hypolimnas aubergeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species:
H. aubergeri
Binomial name
Hypolimnas aubergeri
Hecq, 1987[1]

Adults of both sexes mimic the black and white females of Acraea macaria and Acraea alcinoe.

References

  1. "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.


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