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Hypolimnas octocula

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Eight-spot butterfly
H. o. marianensis on Guam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Hypolimnas
Species:
H. octocula
Binomial name
Hypolimnas octocula

Hypolimnas octocula, known as the Eight-Spot Butterfly, is a species of eggfly or diadems endemic to several islands and island chains in Oceania, including New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Mariana Islands.[1]

It includes the following sub-species:

  • H. o. octocula Butler, 1869
  • H. o. pallas Grose-Smith
  • H. o. elsina Butler
  • H. o. formosa Herrich-Schäffer
  • H. o. marianensis

References

  1. ^ "Hypolimnas". funet.fi. Retrieved 6 February 2010.


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