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Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Great Eggfly
Subspecies in India:
(1) Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Drury, 1773) – Oriental Great Eggfly
(2) Hypolimnas bolina bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Sunda Great Eggfly
(2) Hypolimnas bolina bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Sunda Great Eggfly
- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Hypolimnas bolina bolina – Sunda Great Eggfly
Hypolimnas bolina jacintha – Oriental Great Eggfly
Behavioural images
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Hypolimnas bolina jacintha - Phaulopsis imbricata(V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Acantahceae). Alternanthera sessilis (Robinson et al. 2010) (Amaranthaceae). Sida rhombifolia (Kunte 2006) (Malvaceae). Portulaca oleracea (Davidson & Aitken 1890; Bell 1910a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Portulacaceae). Solanum torvum (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Solanaceae). Elatostema cuneatum (Davidson & Aitken 1890; Bell 1910a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Laportea interrupta (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Urticaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Nymphalidae > Nymphalinae > Junoniini > Hypolimnas
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Saji, K., R. Lovalekar, and J. A. Jacob. 2021. Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Great Eggfly. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.17. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/528/Hypolimnas-bolina
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