Danaid eggfly

Hypolimnas misippus
Brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae)

♂

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Both genders are very different. 
♂ blacktop surface with white markings, sometimes with a blue glow, under surface similar but with an orange glow. 
♀top surface front wing orange with black and white markings on the tips, very variable. Under surface brown white black markings.
 
The wing edge resembles lace from both sides.

⇔ wsp. 70-80 mm

syn. Mimic, Diadem

LA:
≈  ♀ often confused with the DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS (Plain tiger) and DANAUS PLEXIPPUS (Monarch butterfly). 
≈ ♂ HYPOLIMNAS BOLINA (Great Eggfly).

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