Hypolimnas pithoeca

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Hypolimnas pithoeca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species:
H. pithoeca
Binomial name
Hypolimnas pithoeca
Kirsch, 1877
Synonyms
  • Diadema unicolorSalvin & Godman, 1877

Hypolimnas pithoeca is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in New Guinea. [1]

Subspecies

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