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title: "Danaid Eggfly"
description: "Hypolimnas misippus — Insetti e ragni. Hypolimnas misippus, the Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a widespread species of nymphalid butterfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/danaid-eggfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Danaid Eggfly

> Hypolimnas misippus — Insetti e ragni. Hypolimnas misippus, the Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a widespread species of nymphalid butterfly.

- Scientific name: *Hypolimnas misippus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11754
- Wikidata: [Q714585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51578](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51578)

## Names

- en: Danaid Eggfly
- es: Falsa Mariposa Tigre
- fr: Diadème

## Countries with the most observations

IN (4091), ZA (1797), HK (639), TW (430), KE (372), TH (336), TZ (335), ID (287), PH (187), BJ (174), GH (157), NA (153)

## Summary

Hypolimnas misippus, the Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a widespread species of nymphalid butterfly. It is well known for polymorphism and mimicry. Males are in a singular form, appearing blackish with distinctive white spots that are fringed in blue. However, females show multiple forms that include male-like forms while others closely resemble the toxic butterflies Danaus chrysippus and Danaus plexippus.

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

## Photo

![Danaid Eggfly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/danaid-eggfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215239586

## Machine access

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