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Hypolimnas octocula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Hypolimnas octocula

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hypolimnas

Rank
  
Subspecies

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Hypolimnas antilope, Hypolimnas dinarcha, Hypolimnas deceptor, Hypolimnas alimena, Hypolimnas usambara

Hypolimnas octocula, known as the Eight-Spot Butterfly, is a species of eggfly or diadems endemic to several islands and island chains in Oceania, including New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Mariana Islands.

It includes the following sub-species:

  • H. o. octocula Butler, 1869
  • H. o. pallas Grose-Smith
  • H. o. elsina Butler
  • H. o. formosa Herrich-Schäffer
  • H. o. marianensis
  • References

    Hypolimnas octocula Wikipedia