Hypolimnas Bolina from Sumatra

"Look at my wings ... Beautiful right? Wide right? You want to fly with me? Wait for me to suck this flower first, ok."

My imagination playing when taking this butterfly photo. Beautiful right? I admire him. How about you?

I don't understand the naming of this butterfly in scientific language. So I browsing the internet and got a little reference about this butterfly. I think the butterfly is identical with the species of H. Bolina, whose subspecies also live in Sumatra.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypolimnas
Species: H. bolina
Binomial name
Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subspecies

H. b. bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – (Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, western Borneo, Sulawesi, Salayar, Kabaena, Galla, Banggai, Sula, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia, New Caledonia)
H. b. constans (Butler, 1875) – (Tasmania?)
H. b. enganica Fruhstorfer, 1904 – (Engano Island)
H. b. gigas (Oberthür, 1879) – (Sangihe)
H. b. incommoda Butler, 1879
H. b. inconstans Butler, 1873 – (Navigator Islands)
H. b. jacintha (Drury, 1773)
H. b. jaluita Fruhstorfer, 1903
H. b. kezia (Butler) – (Formosa)
H. b. kraimoku (Eschscholtz, 1821) – (Lifu)
H. b. labuana Butler, 1879 – (Labuan)
H. b. lisianassa (Cramer, 1779) – (Moluccas)
H. b. listeri Butler, 1888 – (Christmas Island)
H. b. montrouzieri (Butler) – (Woodlark, Fergusson, Trobriand Islands)
H. b. naresii Butler, 1883 – (Fiji)
H. b. nerina (Fabricius, 1775) – (Timor - Kai, Aru, Waigeu, West Irian - Papua, northern Australia - eastern Victoria, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, New Zealand)
H. b. pallescens (Butler) – (Fiji)
H. b. philippensis (Butler, 1874) – (Philippines)
H. b. pulchra (Butler) – (New Caledonia)
H. b. rarik Eschscholtz, 1821) – (Lifu)

Synonyms

Papilio bolina Linnaeus, 1758
Hypolimnas parva Aurivillius, 1920
Nymphalis jacintha Drury, [1773]

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