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Hypolimnas dinarcha

Synonyms: Hypolimnas antiope; Hypolimnas cytherea; Hypolimnas narchadi

Wikipedia Abstract

Hypolimnas dinarcha, the Large Variable Diadem or Large Variable Eggfly, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of heavy lowland forests and secondary forests with a closed canopy. The larvae feed on Fleurya species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Laportea aestuans (West Indian woodnettle)[1]

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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
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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