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Variable Eggfly
Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Nymphalidae - brushfoots »  genus Hypolimnas - Eggflies

Scientific synonyms

Papilio anthedon Doubleday, 1845 o
Papilio dubius Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 nec Stoll, 1781

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Type taxon of:Euralia Westwood, 1850 (Papilio dubius Palisot de Beauvois, 1805), Eucalia Felder, 1861 (Papilio anthedon Doubleday, 1845)
IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Hypolimnas anthedon - Variable Eggfly

Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon

Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon

Author: G.R. Manners

Hypolimnas anthedon drucei

Hypolimnas anthedon drucei

Author: Politikaner

Taxon in country check-lists*

Africa: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe

* List of countries might not be complete

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Included taxa

Number of records: 4

subspecies Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)

Hypolimnas anthedon anthedon

subspecies Hypolimnas anthedon drucei (Butler, 1874)

Hypolimnas anthedon drucei

subspecies Hypolimnas anthedon mayottensis Le Cerf, 1928
subspecies Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi (Wallengren, 1857)

Hypolimnas anthedon wahlbergi


Links and literature

African Butterfly Database (ABDB) [Hypolimnas_anthedon]

S. Sáfián, B. Kormos: African Butterfly Database (ABDB) [https://abdb-africa.org/] [as Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)]
Data retrieved on: 8 January 2025
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [162640545]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Hypolimnas anthedon (Doubleday, 1845)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
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