Hypolimnas pandarus

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Hypolimnas pandarus
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Male
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species:
H. pandarus
Binomial name
Hypolimnas pandarus
Synonyms
  • Papilio pipleisLinnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio calistoCramer, 1775
  • Papilio (Nymphalis) lacteolusGmelin, 1788
  • Papilio triumphansFruhstorfer, 1912

Hypolimnas pandarus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. [1] [2]

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Distribution

This species is present in the Indonesia (Ambon Island, Serang, Saparua, Buru, Kai Islands). [1]

Subspecies

Subspecies include: [1]

Description

Hypolimnas pandarus can reach a wingspan of about 80 mm (3.1 in). In males, the forewings are dark brown, usually with a few white, yellow or blue spots, depending on the subspecies, while the female has a band across the upper wings either creamy white or pale rufous. The posterior margin of the hindwings is deeply scalloped and shows a broad rufous-orange band, with several brown or black oval spots. In some subspecies is also present a pink purple patch. [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (December 26, 2018). "Hypolimnas pandarus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  2. "Accepted scientific name: Hypolimnas pandarus Linnaeus 1758 (provisionally accepted name)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1869)
  4. Animal Life Forms