Hypolimnas
Diadema
Andrew V. Z. Brower- Hypolimnas alimena
- Hypolimnas anomala
- Hypolimnas antevorta
- Hypolimnas anthedon
- Hypolimnas antilope
- Hypolimnas aubergeri
- Hypolimnas bartelotti
- Hypolimnas bolina
- Hypolimnas chapmani
- Hypolimnas deceptor
- Hypolimnas deois
- Hypolimnas dexithea
- Hypolimnas dimona
- Hypolimnas dinarcha
- Hypolimnas diomea
- Hypolimnas euploeoides
- Hypolimnas macarthuri
- Hypolimnas mechowi
- Hypolimnas misippus
- Hypolimnas monteironis
- Hypolimnas octocula
- Hypolimnas pandarus
- Hypolimnas pithoeka
- Hypolimnas salmacis
- Hypolimnas usambara
Introduction
Hypolimnas is a widespread Old World tropical genus, with several very widely-distributed species. Several species are markedly sexually dimorphic, with the females mimicking Danaus chrysippus and other unpalatable species.Hypolimnas bolina is also of interest as one of a few butterfly species that are known to be infected with male-killing Wolbachia (Dyson et al. 2002; Mitsuhashi et a. 2004).
References
Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Dyson EA, Kamath MK, and Hurst GDD. 2002. Wolbachia infection associated with all-female broods in Hypolimnas bolina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): evidence for horizontal transmission of a butterfly male killer. Heredity 88: 166-171.
Mitsuhashi W, Fukuda H, Nicho K, and Murakami R. 2004. Male-killing Wolbachia in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 112: 57-64.
Parsons M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.
Vane-Wright RI, and de Jong R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 1-267.
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