''Elymnias casiphone'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by

Carl Geyer Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802–1889) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera. Carl Geyer was by profession an artist. He is not to be confused with Karl Andreas Geyer (180 ...

in 1827. It is found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9

Subspecies

*''E. c. casiphone'' (West Java) *''E. c. alumna'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (East Java) *''E. c. saueri'' Distant, 1882 (Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Langkawi Island) *''E. c. djilantik'' Martin, 1909 (Bali) *''E. c. praetextata'' Fruhstorfer, 1896 (Lombok)

References

External links

"''Elymnias'' Hübner, 1818"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Elymnias Butterflies described in 1827 {{Nymphalidae-stub