Elymnias penanga

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Elymnias penanga
Close wing position of Elymnias penanga (Westwood,1851) - Pointed Palmfly.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. penanga
Binomial name
Elymnias penanga
(Westwood, 1851) [1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis penangaWestwood, 1851
  • Melaninis mehidaHewitson, 1863
  • Elymnias abrisaDistant, 1886
  • Elymnias penanga penanga f. hislopiEliot, 1967
  • Elymnias penanga f. immaculataMartin, 1909
  • Elymnias penanga f. johnsoniTalbot, 1929
  • Elymnias sumatranaWallace, 1869
  • Elymnias kongaGrose-Smith, 1889
  • Elymnias borneensisGrose-Smith, 1892
  • Elymnias penanga trepsichroidesShelford, 1904
  • Elymnias penanga konga f. mehidinaFruhstorfer, 1907
  • Elymnias penanga konga f. ptychandrinaFruhstorfer, 1907
  • Elymnias chelensisde Nicéville, 1890

Elymnias penanga, the pointed 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


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