Hypolimnas antilope

Hypolimnas antilope, the spotted crow eggfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Malaya to the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia.

Hypolimnas antilope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. antilope
Binomial name
Hypolimnas antilope (Cramer, [1777])[1]
Synonyms
Papilio antilope Cramer, [1777] Hypolimnas violaria Fruhstorfer, 1912 Hypolimnas pseudopithoeca Fruhstorfer, 1912 Hypolimnas circumscripta Fruhstorfer, 1912 Diadema albula Wallace, 1869 Diadema lutescens Butler, 1874 Hypolimnas shortlandica Ribbe, 1898 Diadema scopas Godman & Salvin, 1888

The larvae feed on Asystasia, Graptophyllum, Pseuderanthemum, Oreocnide and Pipturus species (including Pipturus argenteus).

Subspecies

• Hypolimnas antilope antilope (Ambon, Serang, Saparua, Sula, Maluku)
• Hypolimnas antilope albomela Howarth, 1962 (Solomons: Rennell Island)
• Hypolimnas antilope albula (Wallace, 1869) (Timor)
• Hypolimnas antilope lutescens (Butler, 1874) (Fiji)
• Hypolimnas antilope maglovius Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Buru)
• Hypolimnas antilope mela Fruhstorfer, 1903 (south-eastern New Guinea, Papua)
• Hypolimnas antilope phalkes Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Talaud, Sangihe)
• Hypolimnas antilope quinctinus Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Obi, Bachan, Halmahera)
• Hypolimnas antilope scopas (Godman & Salvin, 1888) (Solomons: Malaita)
• Hypolimnas antilope shortlandica Ribbe, 1898 (Solomons: Shortland Island)
• Hypolimnas antilope sila Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Seram)
• Hypolimnas antilope typhlis Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Key Island)
• Hypolimnas antilope wagneri Clark, 1946 (Admiralty Islands)

References

1. "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms