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Hypolimnas alimena (Bluebanded butterfly)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Blue-banded Eggfly (Hypolimnas alimena) is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Solomon Islands, Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Kei Islands, Maluku), New Guinea and Australia (the coast of New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland). Wingspan: 80–90 mm. The ground colour of the wings is black with a row of white dots and a blue band. The larvae feed on Pseuderanthemum variabile, Asystasia gangetica and Graptophyllum pictum.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Asystasia crispata (Ganges primrose)[1]
Asystasia gangetica (Chinese violet)[2]
Graptophyllum pictum (caricature-plant)[1]
Pseuderanthemum variabile (night and afternoon)[3]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0