''Hypolimnas pithoeca'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It is found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

.Kirsch, 1877. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea
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Subspecies

*''Hypolimnas pithoeca pithoeca'' Kirsch, 1877 (New Guinea) *''Hypolimnas pithoeca bradleyi'' Howarth, 1962 (Rennell Island) *''Hypolimnas pithoeca dampierensis'' Rothschild, 1915 (Dampier Island) *''Hypolimnas pithoeca ferruginea'' Howarth, 1962 (Bellona Island) *''Hypolimnas pithoeca fumosus'' Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak) *''Hypolimnas pithoeca gretheri'' Clark, 1946 (

Admiralty Islands The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. These are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, after the largest island. These rainforest-co ...

) *''Hypolimnas pithoeca salomona'' D'Abrera, 1977 (Gudalcanal) *''Hypolimnas pithoeca vulcanica'' Rothschild, 1915 (Manam Island)

References

pithoeca Butterflies described in 1877 {{Nymphalinae-stub