Hypolimnas monteironis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hypolimnas |
| Species: | H. monteironis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypolimnas monteironis (Druce, 1874)[1] | |
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Hypolimnas monteironis, the black-tipped diadem or scarce blue diadem, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the 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 the Congo)
- Hypolimnas monteironis major Rothschild, 1918 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
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- ↑ "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Retrieved 2013-09-17.
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