Hypolimnas pandarus

Hypolimnas pandarus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

This species is present in the Indonesia (Ambon Island, Serang, Saparua, Buru, Kai Islands).

Subspecies include:

• Hypolimnas pandarus pandarus (Ambon Island, Serang, Saparua)
• Hypolimnas pandarus pandora (Wallace, 1869) (Buru)
• Hypolimnas pandarus hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 (Kai Islands)

Hypolimnas pandarus can reach a wingspan of about 80 mm (3.1 in). In males, the forewings are dark brown, usually with a few white, yellow or blue spots, depending on the subspecies, while the female has a band across the upper wings either creamy white or pale rufous. The posterior margin of the hindwings is deeply scalloped and shows a broad rufous-orange band, with several brown or black oval spots. In some subspecies is also present a pink purple patch.

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