Hypolimnas monteironis

Hypolimnas monteironis
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Hypolimnas
Species: H. monteironis
Binomial name
Hypolimnas monteironis
(Druce, 1874)[1]
Subspecies
  • H. m. monteironis
  • H. m. major
Synonyms
  • Diadema monteironis Druce, 1874

Hypolimnas monteironis, the black-tipped diadem or scarce blue diadem, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron and Fleurya species.

Subspecies

  • Hypolimnas monteironis monteironis (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Hypolimnas monteironis major Rothschild, 1918 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

References

  1. ↑ "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Retrieved 2013-09-17.


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