Hypolimnas missipus (Linnaeus)

Pathania, P. C., Mangat, H. K. & Sidhu, A. K., 2018, Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 75-90 : 80

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scientific name	Hypolimnas missipus (Linnaeus)
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10. Hypolimnas missipus (Linnaeus) (Photo 10a,b)

Papilio misippus Linnaeus, 1764 , Verz. Bek. Schmett: 45.

Material examined: (5♂♂ 7♀♀). India: Punjab: PAU,

25.viii.2010, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (1♂ 3♀), PAU

3.xi.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (2♀), PAU, 14.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂ 1♀), GADVASU, 17.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (2♂), Orchard , 12.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂ 1♀). Distribution: It is found in the Himalayas up to 6000 feet; extending to the Malayan Subregion and China ( Bingham, 1905) .

Host plant: Portulaco oleracea ( Bingham, 1905) .

References

Bingham, C. T. 1905. The Fauna of British India. Butterflies vol. VI. Taylor and Francis Red lion court, fleet street, London. pp. 11 - 413.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Nymphalidae
Genus	Hypolimnas

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