Hypolimnas deceptor

Hypolimnas deceptor, the deceptive eggfly or deceptive diadem, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.[1]

Hypolimnas deceptor
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. deceptor
Binomial name
Hypolimnas deceptor (Doubleday, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
Diadema deceptor Trimen, 1873 Euralia kirbyi Butler, 1898 Hypolimnas deludens Grose-Smith, 1891 Euralia grandidieri Mabille, 1899

Wingspan: 60–65 mm for males and 70–80 mm for females.[2]

Flight period is year round, peaking in late summer.[2]

Larval food is Fleurya capensis and Laportis peduncularis.[1][2]

Subspecies

• H. d. deceptor (southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape)
• H. d. deludens Grose-Smith, 1891 (central and south-western Madagascar)

References

1. Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.