Hypolimnas usambara

Red spot diadem
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Hypolimnas
Species: H. usambara
Binomial name
Hypolimnas usambara
(Ward, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diadema usambara Ward, 1872
  • Hypolimnas imperialis Staudinger, 1885

Hypolimnas usambara, the red spot diadem or Usambara diadem, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in Tanzania, from the coast inland to the Usambara Mountains.[2] The habitat consists of primary coastal forests.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.[1]

References

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


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