Byblia ilithyia

Spotted joker
Male
Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
In Bangalore, India
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Byblia
Species:
B. ilithyia
Binomial name
Byblia ilithyia
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Papilio ilithyia Drury, 1773
  • Papilio polinice Stoll, 1782
  • Papilio gotzius Herbst, 1798
  • Hypanis cora Feisthamel, 1850
  • Byblia ilithyia var. badiata Grünberg, 1910
  • Byblia ilithyia f. aestivalis Ungemach, 1932

Byblia ilithyia, the spotted joker or joker, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in parts of Africa and Asia.