About Hypolimnas salmacis Drury, 1773
Hypolimnas salmacis, commonly known as the blue diadem, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. This species was first described by Drury in 1773. It can be found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. The larvae of Hypolimnas salmacis feed on Urera hypselodendron, Urera trinervis, and plant species from the genus Fleurya.
