Hypolimnas dexithea

Hypolimnas dexithea (Madagascar diadem) is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly endemic to Madagascar.

The species was described in 1863 by William Chapman Hewitson from a specimen collected by J. Caldwell from Antananarivo in Madagascar.

It later became one of the species targeted by collectors on account of its size and colour.

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