Butterfly of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone issued stamp series of butterfly in two mini-sheets and depicted the African butterflies.The above pictures one of the stamp series. This is vivid coloured stamp shown how is a fascinate butterflies fly between the flowers.

The Blue Diadem (Hypolimnas salmacis) is a butterfly of the Afrotropic ecozone (Africa). The distribution extend from Senegal to Ethiopia and from Congo to Somalia.The wingspan is about 8.0 – 9.0 cm. The Blue Diadem is a member of the family NYMPHALIDAE. The butterfly is black, but it has white and blue areas on the wing.The female is bigger than the male. The female is a little bit yellowish.