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Hypolimnas pandarus
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hypolimnas
Species:	H. pandarus
Binomial name
	Hypolimnas pandarus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Papilio pipleis Linnaeus, 1758; Papilio calisto Cramer, 1775; Papilio (Nymphalis) lacteolus Gmelin, 1788; Papilio triumphans Fruhstorfer, 1912;

Hypolimnas pandarus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

This species is present in the Indonesia (Ambon Island, Serang, Saparua, Buru, Kai Islands).^[1]

Subspecies

Subspecies include:^[1]

Hypolimnas pandarus pandarus (Ambon Island, Serang, Saparua)
Hypolimnas pandarus pandora (Wallace, 1869) (Buru)
Hypolimnas pandarus hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 (Kai Islands)

Description

Hypolimnas pandarus can reach a wingspan of about 80 mm (3.1 in). In males, the forewings are dark brown, usually with a few white, yellow or blue spots, depending on the subspecies, while the female has a band across the upper wings either creamy white or pale rufous. The posterior margin of the hindwings is deeply scalloped and shows a broad rufous-orange band, with several brown or black oval spots. In some subspecies is also present a pink purple patch.^[3]^[4]