Elymnias patna

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Elymnias patna
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Close wing position of Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851) - Blue-striped Palmfly MG 9956.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. patna
Binomial name
Elymnias patna
(Westwood, 1851) [1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis patnaWestwood, 1851
  • Elymnias patna bercovitziJoicey & Talbot, 1921
  • Melynias patnoidesMoore, 1893
  • Elymnias hanitschiMartin, 1909
  • Elymnias (Melynias) dohrniide Nicéville, 1895

Elymnias patna, the blue-striped palmfly, 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, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O. 1850–1852, The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera 2. pp. 251–534, pls. 31–80 + suppl. pl. London.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9