Hypolimnas aubergeri

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

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.

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

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