Hypolimnas chapmani

Species of butterfly

Chapman's eggfly
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species:
H. chapmani
Binomial name
Hypolimnas chapmani
(Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diadema chapmani Hewitson, 1873
  • Hypolimnas chapmani ab. fasciata Aurivillius, 1894

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

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Wikispecies has information related to Hypolimnas chapmani.
  1. ^ "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
Taxon identifiers
Hypolimnas chapmani
  • Wikidata: Q5959700
  • Wikispecies: Hypolimnas chapmani
  • BioLib: 399720
  • GBIF: 1910658
  • iNaturalist: 626001
  • Open Tree of Life: 3114007


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