Hypolimnas deceptor

Hypolimnas deceptor

In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. deceptor
Binomial name
*Hypolimnas deceptor* (Doubleday, 1845)^[1]
Synonyms
Diadema deceptor Trimen, 1873 Euralia kirbyi Butler, 1898 Hypolimnas deludens Grose-Smith, 1891 Euralia grandidieri Mabille, 1899

Hypolimnas deceptor, the deceptive eggfly or deceptive diadem, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.^[1]

Wingspan: 60–65 mm for males and 70–80 mm for females.^[2]

Flight period is year round, peaking in late summer.^[2]

Larval food is Fleurya capensis and Laportis peduncularis.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies

H. d. deceptor (southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape)
H. d. deludens Grose-Smith, 1891 (central and south-western Madagascar)

1 2 3 "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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