Elymnias

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Elymnias Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Family Nymphalidae Higher classification Nymphalidae

Similar Elymnias hypermnestra, Butterfly, Nymphalidae, Mycalesis, Melanitis

The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (ex:E. cumaea and Melanitis leda).

Species

Listed alphabetically.

Elymnias agondas (Boisduval, 1832) – Palmfly

Elymnias amoena Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979

Elymnias beza (Hewitson, 1877)

Elymnias brookei Shelford, 1904

Elymnias casiphone Geyer, [1827]

Elymnias casiphonides Semper, 1892

Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871

Elymnias ceryx (Boisduval, 1836)

Elymnias congruens Semper, 1887

Elymnias cottonis (Hewitson, 1874)

Elymnias cumaea C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Elymnias cybele (C. & R. Felder, 1860)

Elymnias dara Distant & Pryer, 1887

Elymnias detanii Aoki & Uémura, 1982

Elymnias esaca (Westwood, 1851)

Elymnias harterti Honrath, 1889

Elymnias hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 – Hewitson's Palmfly

Elymnias hicetas Wallace, 1869

Elymnias holofernes (Butler, 1882)

Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763) – Common Palmfly

Elymnias kamara Moore, [1858]

Elymnias kanekoi Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980

Elymnias kuenstleri Honrath, [1885]

Elymnias lise (Hemming, 1960)

Elymnias luteofasciata Okubo, 1980

Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863)

Elymnias melias (C. & R. Felder, 1863)

Elymnias mimalon (Hewitson, 1861)

Elymnias nelsoni Corbet, 1942

Elymnias nepheronides Fruhstorfer, 1907

Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764) – Tiger Palmfly

Elymnias obnubila Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883

Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) – Tawny Palmfly

Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869

Elymnias paradoxa Staudinger, 1894

Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851) – Blue-striped Palmfly

Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, 1883 – Peal's Palmfly

Elymnias pellucida Fruhstorfer, 1895

Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851) – Pointed Palmfly

Elymnias sangira Fruhstorfer, 1899

Elymnias singhala Moore, [1875] – Ceylon Palmfly

Elymnias tamborana Okubo, 2010

Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857 – Jezebel Palmfly

Elymnias vitellia (Stoll, [1781])

Formerly in Elymnias:

Elymniopsis bammakoo Westwood, 1851 – African Palmfly

Mimicry

Several species are mimics:

Elymnias Elymnias vasudeva Jezebel Palmfly Butterflies of India

Taenaris catops — E. agondas

Euploea mulciber — E. kuenstleri

Danaus chrysippus — E. hypermnestra

Idea leuconoe — E. kuenstleri

Delias pasithoe — E. esaca

Parantica melaneus — E. ceryx

Elymnias FileElymnias hypermnestra male by kadavoorjpg Wikimedia Commons

References

Elymnias Wikipedia

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Contents

Species

Mimicry

References