Elymnias esaca

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Elymnias esaca
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Elymnias esaca borneensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. esaca
Binomial name
Elymnias esaca
(Westwood, 1851) [1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis esacaWestwood, 1851
  • Elymnias godferyiDistant, 1883
  • Dyctis esacoidesde Nicéville, [1893]
  • Melanitis egialinaC. & R. Felder, 1863
  • Elymnias borneensisWallace, 1869
  • Dyctis andersoniiMoore, 1886
  • Elymnias (Dyctis) maheswaraFruhstorfer, 1894

Elymnias esaca is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. [2]

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References

  1. Westwood, 1850; Westwood, 1851 The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Comprising their Generic Characters, a Notice of Their Habitats and Transformations, And a Catalogue of the Species of Each Genus; Illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson (1)
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9