Hypolimnas
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{{Taxobox
| name = Eggflies or diadems
| image = Hypolimnas bolina.JPG
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = [[Great Eggfly]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| subordo = [[Ditrysia]]
| infraordo = [[Rhopalocera]]
| superfamilia = [[Papilionoidea]]
| familia = [[Brush-footed butterfly|Nymphalidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Nymphalinae]]
| tribus = [[Kallimini]]
| genus = '''''Hypolimnas'''''
| genus_authority = [[Jacob Hübner|Hübner]], 1819
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''Hypolimnas alimena''<br>
''Hypolimnas anomala''<br>
''Hypolimnas antevorta''<br>
''Hypolimnas anthedon''<br>
''Hypolimnas antilope''<br>
''Hypolimnas bartteloti''<br>
''[[Hypolimnas bolina]]''<br>
''Hypolimnas chapmani''<br>
''Hypolimnas deceptor''<br>
''Hypolimnas deois''<br>
''Hypolimnas dexithea''<br>
''Hypolimnas dinarcha''<br>
''Hypolimnas diomea''<br>
''Hypolimnas fraterna''<br>
''Hypolimnas mechowi''<br>
''[[Hypolimnas misippus]]''<br>
''Hypolimnas monteironis''<br>
''Hypolimnas octocula''<br>
''Hypolimnas pandarus''<br>
''Hypolimnas pithoeka''<br>
''Hypolimnas salmacis''<br>
''Hypolimnas saundersii''<br>
''Hypolimnas usambara''
}}
'''''Hypolimnas''''' is a [[genus]] of tropical [[brush-footed butterfly|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]] (''H. misippus''), is noted for its exceptionally wide distribution across five [[continents]]; it is the only ''Hypolimnas'' species found in the [[Americas]].
Eggflies are known for their marked [[sexual dimorphism]] and [[mimic|Batesian mimicry]] of [[poison]]ous [[milkweed butterfly|milkweed butterflies]] (Danainae). For example, the Danaid Eggfly mimics ''[[Danaus chrysippus]]'' while the [[Great Eggfly]] (''H. bolina'') mimics the [[Euploea core|Australian Crow]] (''Euploea core''). In each case, the eggfly mimics the danainid's markings, thus adopting the latter's distasteful reputation to [[predator]]s without being poisonous itself.
== References ==
*Lewis, H. L. (1974). ''Butterflies of the World''. ISBN 0-245-52097-X
*Miller, L. D., and Miller, J. Y. (2004). ''The Butterfly Handbook'', pp. 134–135. Barron's Educational Series, Inc.; Hauppauge, New York. ISBN 0-7641-5714-0
*Wynter-Blyth, M. A. (1957). ''Butterflies of the Indian Region''. (1982 Reprint)
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