Hypolimnas aubergeri

Hypolimnas aubergeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species: H. aubergeri
Binomial name
Hypolimnas aubergeri
Hecq, 1987[1]

Hypolimnas aubergeri, the Côte d'Ivoire Eggfly, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea (the Nimba Mountains), eastern and central Ivory Coast and possibly Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes mimic the black and white females of Acraea macaria and Acraea alcinoe.

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