Blue-banded Eggfly

Hypolimnas alimena

"Hypolimnas alimena", the blue-banded eggfly, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.
Blue Banded Eggfly - Hypolimnas Alimena  Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Great eggfly,Hypolimnas Alimena,Hypolimnas alimena,Hypolimnas bolina

Appearance

Wingspan: 80–90 mm. The ground colour of the wings is black with a row of white dots and a blue band.
Hypolimnas alimena, Papua New Guinea Found in the Hamelengan village, Nukna language, Morobe province Blue-banded Eggfly,Geotagged,Hypolimnas alimena,Papua New Guinea,Winter

Naming

*"Hypolimnas alimena afra" Fruhstorfer, 1903
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena alimena"
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena bandana" Fruhstorfer, 1912
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena bateia" Fruhstorfer, 1915
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena curicta" Fruhstorfer, 1912
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena darwinensis" Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena diffusa" Howarth, 1962
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena eligia" Fruhstorfer, 1912
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena eremita" Butler, 1883
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena forbesi" Butler, 1883
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena fuliginescens"
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena heteromorpha" Röber, 1891
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena inexpectata" Godman & Salvin, 1877
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena lamina" Fruhstorfer, 1903
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena libateia" Howarth, 1962
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena libisonia" Fruhstorfer, 1912
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena manusi" Rothschild, 1915
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena obsolescens" Fruhstorfer, 1903
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena polymena"
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena remigia" Fruhstorfer, 1912
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena salomonis" Ribbe, 1897
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena saturnia" Fruhstorfer, 1903
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena senia" Fruhstorfer, 1912
⤷ "Hypolimnas alimena ysabela" Fruhstorfer, 1912

Food

The larvae feed on "Pseuderanthemum variabile", "Asystasia gangetica" and "Graptophyllum pictum".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusHypolimnas
SpeciesH. alimena