Tematica Insetti

Hypolimnas alimena Linnaeus, 175

Phylum: Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848

Classe: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758

Ordine: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758

Famiglia: Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815

Genere: Hypolimnas Doubleday, 1849

Specie e sottospecie

Hypolimnas alimena ssp. afra Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Trobriand Islands) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. alimena (Ambon, Serang, Saparua) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. bandana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Banda Island) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. bateia Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Yule Island, Yela Island) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. curicta Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Noemfoor Island) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. darwinensis Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Northern Territory) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. diffusa Howarth, 1962 (Bellona Island) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. eligia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. eremita Butler, 1883 (West Irian to eastern New Guinea) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. forbesi Butler, 1883 (Timor to Tanimbar) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. fuliginescens (Mathew, 1887) (Ugi Island) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. heteromorpha Röber, 1891 (Kai Island) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. inexpectata Godman & Salvin, 1877 (Bismarck Archipelago) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. lamina Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Torres Strait Islands, Cape York to Gympi) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. libateia Howarth, 1962 (Rennell Island) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. libisonia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Papua New Guinea) - Hypolimnas alimena ssp. manusi Rothschild, 1915 (Admiralty Islands).

Descrizione

L'apertura alare raggiunge gli 80-90 mm.Le larve si nutrono su Pseuderanthemum variabile, Asystasia gangetica e Graptophyllum pictum.

Diffusione

Le Isole Solomone, l'Indonesia (Isole Aru, Irian Jaya, Isole Kei, Maluku), Nuova Guinea e Australia (la costa del Nuovo Galles del Sud, il Territorio del Nord e il Queensland).

Sinonimi

= Papilio alimena Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio alimena Linnaeus, 1764 = Papilio porphyria Cramer, [1780] = Papilio velleda Stoll, [1781] = Hypolimnas alimena f. coelia Fruhstorfer = Diadema polymena C. & R. Felder, [1867] = Hypolimnas forbesii Butler, 1883 = Diadema alimena var. salvini Kirsch, 1885 = Hypolimnas eremita Butler, 1883 = Hypolimnas lamina Fruhstorfer, 1903 = Hypolimnas darwinensis Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 = Hypolimnas inexpectata var. kuramata Ribbe, 1898 = Hypolimnas diphridas Fruhstorfer, 1912 = Diadema fuliginensis Mathew, 1887.

	Data: 04/05/2004 Emissione: Natura in Australia farfalle nelle foreste pluviali Stato: Australia

	Data: 16/07/2004 Emissione: Farfalle Stato: Tanzania Nota: Emesso in un foglietto di 6 v. diversi più tre vignette senza valore