Elymnias malelas

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Elymnias malelas
Elymnias malelas malelas male - Kho Chang.jpg
E. malelas male - Ko Chang, Thailand
Close wing position of Elymnias malelas Hewitson, 1863 - Spotted Palmfly WLB1E7A1833.jpg
Elymnias malelas malelas in West Bengal, India
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. malelas
Binomial name
Elymnias malelas
(Hewitson, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis malelasHewitson, 1863
  • Biblis leucocymaGodart, 1819
  • Elymnias malelas malelas ab. subdecorataFruhstorfer, 1911

Elymnias malelas, the spotted palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in northern India and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm. [2]

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Subspecies

Biology

Larvae feed on Trachycarpus fortunei and Musa paradisiaca . The butterfly mimics Euploea mulciber .

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References

  1. Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson [4]
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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