Hypolimnas aubergeri
Hypolimnas aubergeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Hypolimnas |
Species: | H. aubergeri
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Binomial name | |
Hypolimnas aubergeri Hecq, 1987[1]
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Hypolimnas aubergeri, the Côte d'Ivoire eggfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea (the Nimba Mountains), eastern and central Ivory Coast (French: Côte d'Ivoire) and possibly Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults of both sexes mimic the black and white females of Acraea macaria and Acraea alcinoe.
References[]
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- ^ "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1987
- Hypolimnas
- Nymphalinae stubs