Elymnias singhala

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Elymnias singhala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. singhala
Binomial name
Elymnias singhala
Moore, [1875] [1]

Elymnias singhala, the Ceylon palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1875. It is endemic to Sri Lanka in the Indomalayan realm. [2]

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References

  1. Moore, [1875] Descriptions of new Asiatic Lepidoptera Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874 (4): 565-579, pl. 66-67
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9