''Hypolimnas alimena'', the blue-banded eggfly, is a species of butterfly in the family

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. It is found in the

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(Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Kei Islands, Maluku),

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and

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(the coast of New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland). Wingspan: 80–90 mm. The ground colour of the wings is black with a row of white dots and a blue band.butterflycorner.net
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'' and '' Graptophyllum pictum''.

Subspecies

*''Hypolimnas alimena afra'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Trobriand Islands) *''Hypolimnas alimena alimena'' (Ambon, Serang, Saparua) *''Hypolimnas alimena bandana'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Banda Island) *''Hypolimnas alimena bateia'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Yule Island, Yela Island) *''Hypolimnas alimena curicta'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Noemfoor Island) *''Hypolimnas alimena darwinensis'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Northern Territory) *''Hypolimnas alimena diffusa'' Howarth, 1962 (Bellona Island) *''Hypolimnas alimena eligia'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate) *''Hypolimnas alimena eremita'' Butler, 1883 (West Irian to eastern New Guinea) *''Hypolimnas alimena forbesi'' Butler, 1883 (Timor to Tanimbar) *''Hypolimnas alimena fuliginescens'' (Mathew, 1887) (Ugi Island) *''Hypolimnas alimena heteromorpha'' Röber, 1891 (Kai Island) *''Hypolimnas alimena inexpectata'' Godman & Salvin, 1877 (Bismarck Archipelago) *''Hypolimnas alimena lamina'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Torres Strait Islands, Cape York to Gympi) *''Hypolimnas alimena libateia'' Howarth, 1962 (Rennell Island) *''Hypolimnas alimena libisonia'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Papua New Guinea) *''Hypolimnas alimena manusi'' Rothschild, 1915 (Admiralty Islands) *''Hypolimnas alimena obsolescens'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Fergusson Island) *''Hypolimnas alimena polymena'' (C. & R. Felder,

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(Aru) *''Hypolimnas alimena remigia'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Obi) *''Hypolimnas alimena salomonis'' Ribbe, 1897 (Bougainville, Shortland Islands, New Georgia Group) *''Hypolimnas alimena saturnia'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Waigeu) *''Hypolimnas alimena senia'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Buru) *''Hypolimnas alimena ysabela'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Santa Isabel)

References

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Butterflies of Oceania Butterflies of Australia Butterflies of Indonesia Insects of the Solomon Islands Insects of Western New Guinea Lepidoptera of New Guinea Lepidoptera of Papua New Guinea Butterflies described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Nymphalinae-stub