Mimic
Hypolimnas
misippus
first update d. 16 february 2022
last update d. 31 october 2023
Mimic, Hypolimnas
misippus (Linnaeus,
1764) female.
Paje, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania medio
february, 2022.
Photographer: Regitze Enoksen |
Mimic, Hypolimnas
misippus (Linnaeus,
1764) male.
Masai Mara Wildlife Reserves, SW Kenya medio
february, 2022.
Photographer: Regitze Enoksen |
Mimic, Hypolimnas
misippus (Linnaeus,
1764) female.
Paje, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania medio
february, 2022.
Photographer: Regitze Enoksen |
Mimic, Hypolimnas
misippus (Linnaeus,
1764) male.
Paje, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania medio
february, 2022.
Photographer: Regitze Enoksen |
Mimik, Hypolimnas
misippus
han.
Dhofarbjergene,
Oman november 2018.
Fotograf: Bo Kayser |
Danaid
Eggfly, Hypolimnas misippus male.
Hainan,
China d. 16 October 2007.
Photographer:
Henrik Stig Larsen |
Mimic ,
Hypolimnas misippus male.
Chitwan Nat.
park, Nepal november 1995.
Photographer:
Lars Andersen |
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Danaid
eggfly, mimic or diadem,
Hypolimnas
misippus (Linnaeus,
1764).
Description: Males are blackish with distinctive
white spots that are fringed in blue. Females are
in multiple forms that include male-like forms
while others closely resemble the toxic
butterflies plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus and monach, Danaus plexippus.
Foodplant: Common purslane, Portulaca oleracea. Asystasia Blume, Asystasia lawiana.
Distribution: They are found across Africa, Libya,
Turkey, Madagascar, Mauritius, Arabia, India,
Indochina, Hainan, Taiwan, Okinawa, Orienten,
Australia, New Guinea, Salomon Isl, New Caledonia.
In the Americas, they are found in the West
Indies, with migration to Central and North
America.In Madeira,
the last migration of this art was recorded by
Wind Birds on 13 November 2012 with at least 3 males and they
were in a very dry coastal area. They were put
for a few weeks in the same area.
Migrations have been seen on Madeira, Ilhéu
Chão, the Azores, the Canary Islands and Cape
Verde.
Hypolimnas
misippus had
temporarily established populations in the Canary
Islands in the 1980s,
see (Wiemers, M. 1995), but there are currently
no populations. Therefore it was excluded from
the European Red List 2009."
Danish name: Mimik.
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Danaid
Eggfly, Hypolimnas
misippus (Linnaeus,
1764). |
Tansa Forest north of Mumbai,
India January 2016. Photographer; Erling
Krabbe |
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Mimic,
Hypolimnas misippus male. Zanzibar |
Mimic,
Hypolimnas misippus female. Zanzibar |
Mimic,
Hypolimnas misippus female. Zanzibar |
Plain
Tiger,
Danaus chrysippus female.
Malaysia |
Plain
Tiger,
Danaus chrysippus male.
Spain |
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Blue Diadem
Hypolimnas
salmacis
first update d. 16 february 2022
last update d. 19 february 2022
Blue
Diadem, Hypolimnas
salmacis ssp. thomensis (Aurivillius, 1910) male.
Monte Carme, São Tomé january 30, 2018. Photographer; Erling Krabbe
Blue
Diadem, Hypolimnas
salmacis (Drury,
1773). Description:
Males are blackish with distinctive white spots
that are fringed in blueDescription: There are
two female forms, one with blue and the other
with an ochreous ground-colour.
Habitats: consists of secondary forests and
disturbed environments.
Behavior: Adult males mud-puddle. Both sexes feed
from teak flowers.
Foodplant: The larvae
feed on Urera hypselodendron, U. trinervis and Fleurya species.
Distribution: is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia,
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria,
Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo,
Angola, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and
Príncipe, the DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia,
Kenya and Tanzania.
Danish name: Blå Diadem.
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Blue
Diadem, Hypolimnas
salmacis ssp. thomensis (Aurivillius, 1910) female.
Lagoa Amelia, São Tomé february 2, 2018. Photographer; Erling Krabbe
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Malayan Eggfly
Hypolimnas
anomala
first update d. 16 february 2022
last update d. 16 february 2022
Malayan
Eggfly, Hypolimnas
anomala (Wallace,
1869) male.
Poring Hotsprings, Sabah, Borneo october 9, 2016. Photographer; Hanne Christensen
Malayan
Eggfly or Crow Eggfly, Hypolimnas anomala (Wallace, 1869).
Description: can reach a wingspan of 6575
mm. These butterflies have brown forewings with a
purple sheen. They show variable white markings.
Usually there are a double row of white marginal
spots and three pale streaks on each forewings.
The hindwings are rather paler, with dark brown
veins. The undersides of both wings are similar
to the uppersides. In the adult butterflies only
four legs are present. These butterflies mimic Euploea species.
Habitats: It especially occurs in lowlands and
tropical rainforests, wastelands, hill parks and
natural reserves.
Egg, Caterpilar and puppae: Females lay golden in
colour globular eggs in a large cluster on the
underside of the leaves. They hatch after about 34
days. The 6th (and final) instarcaterpillars are
black with yellow spots and spines. Also the head
is yellow. with long black cephalic horns. They
are gregarious and usually occur in large numbers.
Foodplants: They feed on leaves of Urticaceae (Pipturus argenteus, Pipturus arboresceus, Pouzolzia, Villebrunea species and Euphorbiaceae (Claoxylon).
Distribution: This species is present as various
subspecies in South East Asia, Moluccas, New
Guinea, Australia. |
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Great Eggfly
Hypolimnas
bolina
first update d. 16 february 2022
last update d. 19 february 2022
Great
Eggfly, Hypolimmas
bolina (Linnaeus,
1758) male.
Sepilok Raainforest,
Sabah, Borneo september, 2017. Photographer; Hanne Christensen
Great
Eggfly, Hypolimmas
bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) female.
Ao Nang, Thailand February
11, 2016. Photographer; Henrik S.
Larsen |
Great
Eggfly, Hypolimmas
bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) female.
Mont
Kinabalu, Borneo d. 20 marts 2017. Fotograf; John S.
Petersen |
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Great
Eggfly, Hypolimnas
bolina (Linnaeus,
1758).
Description: is a black-bodied butterfly with a
wingspan of about 7085 mm. The species has
a high degree of sexual dimorphism. The female is
mimetic with multiple morphs.
Males are monomorphic. The dorsal wing surface is
jet black but features three prominent spots, two
on the forewing and one on the hindwing. To a
human observer these appear as white spots
fringed with blue-violet.
Females are owing to the presence of both genetic
polymorphism and phenotypic plasticity.
Polymorphism is expressed primarily on the dorsal
surface, with morphs varying in the presence of
white, orange and blue markings.
One genetic morph, named euploeoides by Clarke & Sheppard (1975),
is thought to present a mimic of one or several
members of the genus Euploea.Mimicry;
To the west the female is monomorphic, mimicking
species of the oriental and Australasian danaid
genus Euploea.
Eastwards H. bolina is frequently polymorphic and
most forms are then non-mimetic.
In areas where it resembles Euploea the butterfly
has usually been designated a Batesian mimic.
Habitats: is a generally
common butterfly across most tropical and sub-tropical
habitat types, including wet/dry woodland (such
as tropical savanna), rainforest and shrubland.
It is a common visitor to suburban back yards and
other areas of human disturbance. In the
Australian tropics, H. bolina is particularly common along
tracks, streambeds, and the corridors formed
between remnant gallery forest and cultivated
sugar cane fields.
Behavior: Males are notably territorial.
Individuals are known to return to defend the
same location for up to 54 days, with site
fidelity increasing with age. Territories that
enhance the visual detection of adult females are
preferred.
Unlike congenerics such as Hypolimnas
anomala, female H. bolina most often lay one or two eggs at
a time. These are typically laid on the leaf
underside. Early season (post-diapause) females
in the Australian wet-dry tropics target freshly-germinated
seedlings of their favoured host in this region, Synedrella
nodiflora.
Foodplant: Race bolina
breeds on Sida rhombifolia, Elatostemma cuneatum, Portulaca oleracea, Laportea interrupta, Triumfetta pentandra and Asystasia species.
Distribution: is found in Madagascar in the west,
through to South and Southeast Asia, Cambodia,
the South Pacific islands (French Polynesia,
Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa and Vanuatu), and occurs in
parts of Australia, Japan, and New Zealand.
Appearances in New Zealand appear to be linked
with favourable winds during AprilJune
migratory periods in Australia, with the
butterfly being recorded in 1956, 1971
and 1995. No populations have established
locally in New Zealand.
Danish name: Stor Diadem.
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Great
Eggfly, Hypolimmas
bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) female.
Koh Samui, Thailand d. 20
january 2011.
Photographer: Erni Boesen |
Great
Eggfly, Hypolimmas
bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) female.
Chiang Mai, Thailand February
9, 2016. Photographer; Henrik S.
Larsen |
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Deceptive
Diadem, Hypolimnas deceptor (Doubleday, 1845).
Accueil du parc Zombitse-Vohibasia, Madagascar 19
october. 2023.
Fotograf; Knud Ellegaard |
Madagascar
Diadem, Hypolimnas dexithea (Hewitson, 1863).
Ranomafana
National Park, Madagaskar d. 8
November 2018.
Fotograf; Hanne
Christensen |
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