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Hypolimnas dexithea

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Hypolimnas dexithea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species:
H. dexithea
Binomial name
Hypolimnas dexithea
(Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diadema dexithea Hewitson, 1863
  • Diadema imperialis Guenée, 1865

Hypolimnas dexithea (Madagascar diadem) is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly endemic to Madagascar. The species was described in 1863 by William Chapman Hewitson from a specimen collected by J. Caldwell from Antananarivo in Madagascar. It later became one of the species targeted by collectors on account of its size and colour.

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