Hypolimnas octocula

Eight-spot butterfly
H. o. marianensis on Guam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. octocula
Binomial name
Hypolimnas octocula Butler (1869)

Hypolimnas octocula, known as the Eight-Spot Butterfly, is a species of eggfly or diadems endemic to several islands and island chains in Oceania, including New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Mariana Islands.^[1]

It includes the following sub-species:

• H. o. octocula Butler, 1869
• H. o. pallas Grose-Smith
• H. o. elsina Butler
• H. o. formosa Herrich-Schäffer
• H. o. marianensis

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