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Hypolimnas dexithea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. dexithea
Binomial name
Hypolimnas dexithea (Hewitson, 1863)
Synonyms
Diadema dexithea Hewitson, 1863 Diadema imperialis Guenée, 1865

Hypolimnas dexithea (Madagascar diadem) 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.

Additional images

• In Mantadia National Park

References

1. Hypolimnas dexithea

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