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Hypolimnas usambara

Red spot diadem
Hypolimnas usambara (Red-spot Diadem).jpg
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species: H. usambara
Binomial name
Hypolimnas usambara
(Ward, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Diadema usambara Ward, 1872
  • Hypolimnas imperialis Staudinger, 1885

Hypolimnas usambara, the red spot diadem or Usambara diadem, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in Tanzania, from the coast inland to the Usambara Mountains. The habitat consists of primary coastal forests.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.



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