Elymnias casiphone

Elymnias casiphone
In Lepidoptera Indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Elymnias
Species:	E. casiphone
Binomial name
Elymnias casiphone Geyer, [1827] [1]
Synonyms
Elymnias saueriDistant, 1882

Elymnias casiphone is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1827. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. ^[2]

Subspecies

• E. c. casiphone (West Java)
• E. c. alumnaFruhstorfer, 1907 (East Java)
• E. c. saueriDistant, 1882 (Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Langkawi Island)
• E. c. djilantikMartin, 1909 (Bali)
• E. c. praetextataFruhstorfer, 1896 (Lombok)

References

1. Geyer, [1827]; in Hübner, Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge 3
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

• "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms