''Hypolimnas chapmani'', the Chapman's eggfly, is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern
Nigeria and
Cameroon.
The habitat consists of
primary forests
An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or first-growth forestis a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological feature ...
.
Adults are probably mimics of ''
Acraea umbra
''Bematistes umbra'', the clouded bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
''.
References
Butterflies described in 1873
chapmani
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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