Elymnias

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Palmflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Hübner, 1818[1]
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 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

  • Elymnias agondas (Boisduval, 1832)
  • Elymnias amoena Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979
  • Elymnias bammakoo Westwood, 1851
  • 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 esaca (Westwood, 1851)
  • Elymnias harterti Honrath, 1889
  • Elymnias hewitsoni Wallace, 1869
  • Elymnias hicetas Wallace, 1869
  • Elymnias holofernes (Butler, 1882)
  • Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • 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)
  • Elymnias obnubila Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883
  • Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869
  • Elymnias paradoxa Staudinger, 1894
  • Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851)
  • Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, 1883
  • Elymnias pellucida Fruhstorfer, 1895
  • Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851)
  • Elymnias sangira Fruhstorfer, 1899
  • Elymnias singhala Moore, [1875]
  • Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857
  • Elymnias vitellia (Stoll, [1781])

Mimicry

Several species are mimics:

References

  1. Elymnias at funet.fi

External links

See also

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