Hypolimnas dexithea

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.

Hypolimnas dexithea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. dexithea
Binomial name
Hypolimnas dexithea (Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
Diadema dexithea Hewitson, 1863 Diadema imperialis Guenée, 1865

Additional images

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  In Mantadia National Park