Elymnias

Palmflies
Elymnias hypermenstra undularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Elymniini
Subtribe: Elymniina
Genus: Elymnias
Hübner, 1818
Type species
Elymnias jynx
Hübner, 1818
Synonyms
  • Didonis Hübner, [1819]
  • Dyctis Boisduval, 1832
  • Agrusia Moore, 1894
  • Bruasa Moore, 1894
  • Melynias Moore, 1894
  • Mimadelias Moore, 1894
  • Elymniopsis Fruhstorfer, 1907

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 (for example: E. cumaea looks like Melanitis leda).

Elymnias caudata

Species

This genus contains numerous species. They are listed below in alphabetical order within their species groups:

ceryx-group

dara-group

esaca-group

harterti-group

hypermnestra-group

melias-group

nepheronides-group

nesaea-group

panthera-group

penanga-group

papua-group

paradoxa-group

patna-group

vitellia-group

Species not placed in a group

Former species

Mimicry

Several species are mimics:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hübner, 1818 Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40], : pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809), : pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), : pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)
  2. ↑ "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Wei, Chia-Hsuan; Lohman, David J.; Peggie, Djunijanti; Yen, Shen-Horn (2017-05-25). "An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". ZooKeys (676): 47–152. Bibcode:2017ZooK..676...47W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.676.12579. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5523206. PMID 28769686.