| Species name |
Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
アンテドンムラサキ
Variable diadem; variable
eggfly. |
| Taxonomy |
Diadema
anthedon
Doubleday, 1845. Annals and Magazine
of Natural History (1) 16: 181 (176-182).
Type locality: “Africa Occidentale”. .
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| Subspecies |
Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)
Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857):Ethiopia, Democratic Republic
of Congo (east), Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), Tanzania (east), Zambia,
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal,
Eastern Cape Province), Swaziland (Duke, et al., 1999).
Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874):Madagascar, Comoro
Islands, Mauritius. |
Geographical Range
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Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast,
Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central
African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo,Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda,
Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,
South Africa, Swaziland (Duke, et al., 1999), Madagascar, Comoro Islands,
Mauritius.
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| Distribution Map |
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Biology
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Host plant: Laportea (syn. Fleurya) species (Urticaceae) [Trimen, 1910: 503]. Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew (syn. Fleurya capensis Wedd., syn.
Fleurya mitis (Wedd.) N.E. Br.
(Urticaceae) [Platt, 1921: 102]. Urera hypselodendron (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Wedd. (Urticaceae) [Van Someren,
1974: 322]. Berkheya spekeana (Asteraceae) [Kielland, 1990: 136]. Urera trinervis (Urticaceae) [Pringle, et al., 1994: 116; as Urera cameroonensis]. Urtica species (Urticaceae) [Larsen, 2005a].
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| Nigeria |
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| Nigeria |
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References
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Junonia, Site of Markku Savela
Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini |
