Hypolimnas bolina

Varied Eggfly
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species:
H. bolina
Binomial name
Hypolimnas bolina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies

Eight, see text

Synonyms
  • Papilio bolina Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hypolimnas parva Aurivillius, 1920
  • Nymphalis jacintha Drury, [1773]

Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, common eggfly, varied eggfly, or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found from Madagascar to Asia and Australia.

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