Hypolimnas octocula
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Hypolimnas octocula, known as the Eight-Spot Butterfly, is a species of eggfly or diadems
endemic to several islands and island chains in Oceania
, including New Caledonia
, Vanuatu
and the Mariana Islands
.
It includes the following sub-species:
Hypolimnas
Hypolimnas is a genus of tropical brush-footed butterflies commonly known as eggflies or diadems. The genus contains approximately 23 species, most of which are found in Africa, Asia, and Oceania. One species, the Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas is a genus of tropical brush-footed butterflies commonly...
endemic to several islands and island chains in Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
, including New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
, Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
and the Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
The Mariana Islands are an arc-shaped archipelago made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the north-western Pacific Ocean between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east...
.
It includes the following sub-species:
- H. o. octocula Butler, 1869
- H. o. pallas Grose-Smith
- H. o. elsina Butler
- H. o. formosa Herrich-Schäffer
- H. o. marianensisHypolimnas octocula marianensisHypolimnas octocula marianensis, known as the Mariana Eight Spot Butterfly or Forest Flicker, is a subspecies of Hypolimnas octocula, the Eight-spot butterfly....