''Hypolimnas octocula'', the eight-spot butterfly, is a species of eggfly or diadem endemic to several islands and island chains in

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, including

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and the

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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' It includes the following subspecies: * ''H. o. octocula'' Butler, 1869 * ''H. o. pallas'' Grose-Smith * ''H. o. elsina'' Butler * ''H. o. formosa'' Herrich-Schäffer * '' H. o. marianensis''

References

Octocula Butterflies of Oceania">Hypolimnas">Octocula Butterflies of Oceania Butterflies described in 1869 Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Nymphalinae-stub