| Hypolimnas pandarus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hypolimnas |
| Species: | H. pandarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypolimnas pandarus | |
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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]
This species is present in the Indonesia (Ambon Island, Serang, Saparua, Buru, Kai Islands). [1]
Subspecies include: [1]
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]