The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from

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. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''

Melanitis leda ''Melanitis leda'', the common evening brown, is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in Africa, South Asia and South-east Asia extending to parts of Australia. Description ...

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Species

Listed alphabetically."''Elymnias'' Hübner, 1818"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *'' Elymnias agondas'' (Boisduval, 1832) – palmfly *'' Elymnias amoena'' Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979 *'' Elymnias beza'' (Hewitson, 1877) *'' Elymnias brookei'' Shelford, 1904 *'' Elymnias casiphone'' Geyer,

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Elymnias casiphonides The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''Melanitis leda''). Species L ...

'' Semper, 1892 *'' Elymnias caudata'' Butler, 1871 *'' Elymnias ceryx'' (Boisduval, 1836) *''

Elymnias congruens The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''Melanitis leda''). Species L ...

'' Semper, 1887 *'' Elymnias cottonis'' (Hewitson, 1874) *'' Elymnias cumaea'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> *'' Elymnias cybele'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) *'' Elymnias dara'' Distant & Pryer, 1887 *''

Elymnias detanii The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''Melanitis leda''). Species L ...

'' Aoki & Uémura, 1982 *'' Elymnias esaca'' (Westwood, 1851) *'' Elymnias harterti'' Honrath, 1889 *''

Elymnias hewitsoni The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''Melanitis leda''). Species L ...

'' Wallace, 1869 – Hewitson's palmfly *''

Elymnias hicetas The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''Melanitis leda''). Species L ...

'' Wallace, 1869 *'' Elymnias holofernes'' (Butler, 1882) *'' Elymnias hypermnestra'' (Linnaeus, 1763) – common palmfly *'' Elymnias kamara'' Moore,

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/small> *'' Elymnias kanekoi'' Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980 *'' Elymnias kuenstleri'' Honrath,

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/small> *'' Elymnias lise'' (Hemming, 1960) *'' Elymnias luteofasciata'' Okubo, 1980 *'' Elymnias malelas'' (Hewitson, 1863) *''

Elymnias melias The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''Melanitis leda''). Species L ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1863) *'' Elymnias mimalon'' (Hewitson, 1861) *'' Elymnias nelsoni'' Corbet, 1942 *'' Elymnias nepheronides'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 *'' Elymnias nesaea'' (Linnaeus, 1764) – tiger palmfly *'' Elymnias obnubila'' Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883 *'' Elymnias panthera'' (Fabricius, 1787) – tawny palmfly *'' Elymnias papua'' Wallace, 1869 *'' Elymnias paradoxa'' Staudinger, 1894 *'' Elymnias patna'' (Westwood, 1851) – blue-striped palmfly *'' Elymnias pealii'' Wood-Mason, 1883 – Peal's palmfly *'' Elymnias pellucida'' Fruhstorfer, 1895 *'' Elymnias penanga'' (Westwood, 1851) – pointed palmfly *'' Elymnias sangira'' Fruhstorfer, 1899 *'' Elymnias singhala'' Moore,

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/small> – Ceylon palmfly *'' Elymnias tamborana'' Okubo, 2010 *'' Elymnias vasudeva'' Moore, 1857 – Jezebel palmfly *'' Elymnias vitellia'' (Stoll,

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Formerly in ''Elymnias'': *'' Elymniopsis bammakoo'' Westwood, 1851 – African palmfly

Mimicry

Several species are mimics: *'' Taenaris catops'' – ''E. agondas'' *'' Euploea mulciber'' – ''E. kuenstleri'' *''

Danaus chrysippus ''Danaus chrysippus'', also known as the plain tiger, African queen, or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. ...

'' – ''E. hypermnestra'' *'' Idea leuconoe'' – ''E. kuenstleri'' *''

Delias pasithoe ''Delias pasithoe'', the redbase Jezebel is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. The species is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. There has been some dispute for which species the specif ...

'' – ''E. esaca'' *'' Parantica melaneus'' – ''E. ceryx''

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Examples of mimicry
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3051879 Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner

Species

Mimicry

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