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''Hypolimnas salmacis'', the Blue Diadem, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini )〕 The habitat consists of secondary forests and disturbed environments. Adult males mud-puddle. Both sexes feed from teak flowers. There are two female forms, one with blue and the other with an ochreous ground-colour. The larvae feed on ''Urera hypselodendron'', ''Urera trinervis'' and ''Fleurya'' species. ==Subspecies== *''Hypolimnas salmacis salmacis'' (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola: Cabinda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley) *''Hypolimnas salmacis insularis'' Schultze, 1920 (Bioko) *''Hypolimnas salmacis magnifica'' Rothschild, 1918 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania) *''Hypolimnas salmacis platydema'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (southern Ethiopia, southern Sudan) *''Hypolimnas salmacis thomensis'' Aurivillius, 1910 (Sao Tome) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hypolimnas salmacis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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