Hypolimnas salmacis

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Hypolimnas salmacis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species: H. salmacis
Binomial name
Hypolimnas salmacis
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio salmacis Drury, 1773
  • Papilio omphale Stoll, 1790
  • Hypolimnas salmacis cissalma Suffert, 1904
  • Hypolimnas salmacis f. ochreata Joicey and Talbot, 1921
  • Hypolimnas salmacis salmacis ab. transiens Dufrane, 1953
  • Hypolimnas salmacis salmacis ab. interrupta Dufrane, 1953
  • Hypolimnas salmacis var. insularis Schultze, 1920
  • Hypolimnas salmacis ulysses Collins, 1987
  • Hypolimnas salmacis ulysses f. patra Collins, 1987
  • Hypolimnas salmacis ulysses f. helenae Canu, 1994
  • Hypolimnas salmacis ulysses f. penelope Canu, 1994
  • Hypolimnas salmacis var. thomensis Aurivillius, 1910

Hypolimnas salmacis, the Blue Diadem, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of secondary forests and disturbed environments.

Adult males mud-puddle. Both sexes feed from teak flowers. There are two female forms, one with blue and the other with an ochreous ground-colour.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron, Urera trinervis and Fleurya species.

Subspecies

  • Hypolimnas salmacis salmacis (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola: Cabinda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)
  • Hypolimnas salmacis insularis Schultze, 1920 (Bioko)
  • Hypolimnas salmacis magnifica Rothschild, 1918 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Hypolimnas salmacis platydema Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (southern Ethiopia, southern Sudan)
  • Hypolimnas salmacis thomensis Aurivillius, 1910 (Sao Tome)

References

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  1. ↑ Hypolimnas, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini


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