Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Nymphalinae → tribe Kallimini → genus Hypolimnas → species Hypolimnas salmacis
Species name(s)
Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, 1773) = Papilio salmacis Drury, 1773 = Papilio omphale Stoll, [1790] = Hypolimnas salmacis cissalma Suffert, 1904 = transiens Dufrane, 1953 = interrupta Dufrane, 1953 = Hypolimnas omphale Stoll 1791. [9, 85, 187]
Blue Diadem.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:16334
Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Ethiopic.
Wingspan
90—95 mm.
Detailed information with references
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Urera hypselodendron (сем. Urticaceae). [85].
Subspecies of Hypolimnas salmacis
- Hypolimnas salmacis insularis Schultze, 1920. [9]
- H. s. magnifica Rothschild, 1918. [9]
- H. s. ochreata Joicey & Talbot, 1921. [187]
- H. s. platydema Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. [9]
- H. s. salmacis. [9]
- H. s. thomensis Aurivillius, 1910. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photo:
Evgeny Komarov. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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