Hypolimnas monteironis
| Hypolimnas monteironis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hypolimnas monteironi (Male) | |
_(Centrafrique).jpg) | |
| 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 | |
| |
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)
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hypolimnas monteironis. |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Hypolimnas monteironis |
- ↑ Hypolimnas, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Retrieved 2013-09-17.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, May 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.