Hypolimnas deceptor
Hypolimnas deceptor, the deceptive eggfly or deceptive diadem, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.[1]
Hypolimnas deceptor | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Hypolimnas |
Species: | H. deceptor |
Binomial name | |
Hypolimnas deceptor | |
Synonyms | |
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Wingspan: 60–65 mm for males and 70–80 mm for females.[2]
Flight period is year round, peaking in late summer.[2]
Larval food is Fleurya capensis and Laportis peduncularis.[1][2]
Subspecies
- H. d. deceptor (southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape)
- H. d. deludens Grose-Smith, 1891 (central and south-western Madagascar)
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References
- Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 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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