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Hypolimnas deceptor

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Deceptive Eggfly or Deceptive Diadem (Hypolimnas deceptor) is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.

Wingspan: 60–65 mm for males and 70–80 mm for females.

Flight period is year-round, peaking in late summer.

Larval food is Fleurya capensis and Laportis peduncularis.

Subspecies

  • H. d. deceptor (southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province)
  • H. d. deludens Grose-Smith, 1891 (central and south-western Madagascar)
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