Hypolimnas chapmani
Chapman's eggfly | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Hypolimnas |
Species: | H. chapmani
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Binomial name | |
Hypolimnas chapmani | |
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Hypolimnas chapmani, the Chapman's eggfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Adults are probably mimics of Acraea umbra.
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hypolimnas chapmani. |
Wikispecies has information related to Hypolimnas chapmani. |
- ^ "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 1873
- Hypolimnas
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Nymphalinae stubs