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Hypolimnas salmacis (Drury, [1773])

Subspecies

  • [Hypolimnas] salmacis salmacis (Drury, [1773])
    - omphale (Stoll, [1790])
    - cissalma (Suffert, 1904)
    - insularis (Schultze, 1920)
    - ochreata (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
    - transiens (Dufrane, 1953)
    - interrupta (Dufrane, 1953)

Adult morphologyWingspan47
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)806
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)337
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Urticaceae
    - Fleurya
    - Urera

  • Urticaceae
    - Fleurya
    - Urera

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011