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{{Short description|Species of insect}}
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| name = Eight-spot butterfly
| name = Eight-spot butterfly
| image = Hypolimnas octocula mairanensis.jpg
| image = Hypolimnas octocula mairanensis.jpg
| image_caption = ''H. o. marianensis'' on [[Guam]]
| image_caption = ''H. o. marianensis'' on [[Guam]]
| taxon = Hypolimnas octocula
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = [[Arthur Gardiner Butler|Butler (1869)]]
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Nymphalidae]]
| genus = ''[[Hypolimnas]]''
| species= '''''H. octocula'''''
| binomial = ''Hypolimnas octocula''
| binomial_authority = [[Arthur Gardiner Butler|Butler (1869)]]
}}
}}

'''''Hypolimnas octocula''''', the '''eight-spot butterfly''', is a species of [[Hypolimnas|eggfly or diadem]] endemic to several islands and island chains in [[Oceania]], including [[New Caledonia]], [[Vanuatu]] and the [[Mariana Islands]].<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/hypolimnas/ "''Hypolimnas'' Hübner, [1819&#93;"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>
'''''Hypolimnas octocula''''', the '''eight-spot butterfly''', is a species of [[Hypolimnas|eggfly or diadem]] endemic to several islands and island chains in [[Oceania]], including [[New Caledonia]], [[Vanuatu]] and the [[Mariana Islands]].<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/hypolimnas/ "''Hypolimnas'' Hübner, [1819&#93;"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>


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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Hypolimnas|Octocula]]
[[Category:Hypolimnas|Octocula]]
[[Category:Insects of Oceania]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Oceania]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1869]]
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1869]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler]]





Latest revision as of 03:56, 4 November 2022

Eight-spot butterfly
H. o. marianensis on Guam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species:
H. octocula
Binomial name
Hypolimnas octocula

Hypolimnas octocula, the eight-spot butterfly, is a species of eggfly or diadem endemic to several islands and island chains in Oceania, including New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Mariana Islands.[1]

It includes the following subspecies:

  • H. o. octocula Butler, 1869
  • H. o. pallas Grose-Smith
  • H. o. elsina Butler
  • H. o. formosa Herrich-Schäffer
  • H. o. marianensis

References

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  1. ^ "Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms