Hypolimnas pandarus

Hypolimnas pandarus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.^[1][2]

Hypolimnas pandarus
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. pandarus
Binomial name
Hypolimnas pandarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio pipleis Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio calisto Cramer, 1775 Papilio (Nymphalis) lacteolus Gmelin, 1788 Papilio triumphans Fruhstorfer, 1912

Distribution

This species is present in the Indonesia (Ambon Island, Serang, Saparua, Buru, Kai Islands).^[1]

Subspecies

Subspecies include:^[1]

• Hypolimnas pandarus pandarus (Ambon Island, Serang, Saparua)
• Hypolimnas pandarus pandora (Wallace, 1869) (Buru)
• Hypolimnas pandarus hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 (Kai Islands)

Description

Hypolimnas pandarus can reach a wingspan of about 80 mm (3.1 in). In males, the forewings are dark brown, usually with a few white, yellow or blue spots, depending on the subspecies, while the female has a band across the upper wings either creamy white or pale rufous. The posterior margin of the hindwings is deeply scalloped and shows a broad rufous-orange band, with several brown or black oval spots. In some subspecies is also present a pink purple patch.^[3][4]