Hypolimnas anthedon

Hypolimnas anthedon
	male H. a. anthedon; Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. anthedon
Binomial name
	Hypolimnas anthedon; (Doubleday, 1845)
Synonyms
	Diadema anthedon Doubleday, 1845; Diadema damoclina Trimen, 1869; Papilio dubius Palisot de Beauvois, [1813-1830]; Diadema anthedon Doubleday, 1845; Hypolimnas dubia ab. cerberus Aurivillius, 1894; Hypolimnas daemona Staudinger, 1896; Hypolimnas daemona var. daemonides Staudinger, 1896; Hypolimnas dubius ab. latepicta Bartel, 1905; Hypolimnas dubius poensis Rothschild, 1918; Hypolimnas dubia dubia f. pseudodamoclina Dufrane, 1945; Hypolimnas dubia dubia ab. mariae Dufrane, 1945; Diadema wahlbergi Wallengren, 1857; Diadema mima Trimen, 1869; Euralia anthedon var. marginalis Butler, 1875; Hypolimnas angustilimbata Weymer, 1892; Hypolimnas mima f. millari Aurivillius, 1913; Panopea drucei Butler, 1874; Panopea bewsheri Butler, 1879; Panopea diffusa Butler, 1880; Hypolimnas madagascariensis Mabille, 1881; Hypolimnas lutescens Mabille, 1887; Hypolimnas limbata Crowley, 1890; Hypolimnas dubius mayottensis Rothschild, 1918; Hypolimnas dubia antelmei Le Cerf, 1928;

Hypolimnas anthedon, the variable eggfly or variable diadem, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa. There are four known subspecies, but it is very variable species with many morphs.

The wingspan of the variable eggfly is 75–80 for males and 74–90 for females.

Its flight period is year round, peaking in late summer.

The larva of Hypolimnas anthedon eat: Fleurya species, Urera camerooensis, Urera camerooensis, Urtica, and Berkheya.

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