---
title: "Mariposa Luna Azul"
description: "Hypolimnas bolina — Insectos y arañas. Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, common eggfly, varied eggfly, or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found from Madagascar to Asia and Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/great-eggfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mariposa Luna Azul

> Hypolimnas bolina — Insectos y arañas. Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, common eggfly,  varied eggfly, or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found from Madagascar to Asia and Australia.

- Scientific name: *Hypolimnas bolina*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 41168
- Wikidata: [Q309627](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309627)
- iNaturalist taxon: [70174](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70174)

## Names

- en: Great Eggfly
- de: Große Eierfliege
- es: Mariposa Luna Azul
- fr: Ové commun

## Countries with the most observations

IN (9647), AU (7050), HK (4470), TW (3381), ID (2829), TH (2213), MY (1822), PH (1297), SG (1145), CN (819), VN (666), NC (319)

## Summary

Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, common eggfly,  varied eggfly, or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found from Madagascar to Asia and Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypolimnas_bolina

## Photo

![Mariposa Luna Azul](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-eggfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gina and Bella The Explorers · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198635132

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-eggfly?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).