Hypolimnas monteironis

Hypolimnas monteironis
Hypolimnas monteironi (Male)
Hypolimnas monteironi (Female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. monteironis
Binomial name
Hypolimnas monteironis (Druce, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
Diadema monteironis Druce, 1874

Hypolimnas monteironis, the scarce blue diadem, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of 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 Congo)
• Hypolimnas monteironis major Rothschild, 1918 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

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