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Hypolimnas deceptor

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Deceptive Eggfly or
Deceptive Diadem
Hypolimnas deceptor depicted in Seitz 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

Deceptive Eggfly or Deceptive Diadem (Hypolimnas deceptor) 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 Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province)
  • H. d. deludens Grose-Smith, 1891 (central and south-western Madagascar)

References

  1. ^ a b c Hypolimnas, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b c Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.


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