Kingdom Animalia Family Nymphalidae Genus Hypolimnas Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Hypolimnas, Butterflies and moths, Hypolimnas salmacis, Hypolimnas antevorta, Hypolimnas anthedon | ||
The Madagascar diadem, Hypolimnas dexithea, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly endemic to Madagascar. The species was described in 1863 by William Chapman Hewitson from a specimen collected by J. Caldwell from Antananarivo in Madagascar. It later became one of the species targeted by collectors on account of its size and colour.
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