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The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from 
"''Elymnias'' Hübner, 1818"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''
Examples of mimicry
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3051879 Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
India
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to the Solomon Islands
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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'').
Species
Listed alphabetically.at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''
Elymnias agondas
''Elymnias agondas'', the palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is endemic to New Guinea and neighbouring Cape York in the Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a bio ...
'' (Boisduval, 1832) – palmfly
*''Elymnias amoena
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
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'' Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979
*''Elymnias beza
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'').
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'' (Hewitson, 1877)
*''Elymnias brookei
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
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'' Shelford, 1904
*''Elymnias casiphone
''Elymnias casiphone'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1827. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.Adalbert Seitz, Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9
Subs ...
'' Geyer, 827
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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
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'' Semper, 1892
*''Elymnias caudata
''Elymnias caudata'',
'' Butler, 1871
*''Elymnias ceryx
''Elymnias ceryx'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of S ...
'' (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
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'' Semper, 1887
*''Elymnias cottonis
''Elymnias cottonis'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874. It is endemic to the Andaman islands in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms ...
'' (Hewitson, 1874)
*''Elymnias cumaea
''Elymnias cumaea'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1867. It is endemic to Sulawesi in the Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 867
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*''Elymnias cybele
''Elymnias cybele'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1860. It is found in the Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not ...
'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
*''Elymnias dara
''Elymnias dara'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Burgess Pryer and William Lucas Distant in 1887. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It e ...
'' 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
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'' Aoki & Uémura, 1982
*''Elymnias esaca
''Elymnias esaca'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of Sou ...
'' (Westwood, 1851)
*''Elymnias harterti
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
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'' 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
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'' 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
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'' Wallace, 1869
*''Elymnias holofernes
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
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'' (Butler, 1882)
*''Elymnias hypermnestra
''Elymnias hypermnestra'', the common palmfly, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.
Description
As in some other species in the genus ''Elymnias'', the common palmfly has a precostal cell in the hindwings and a ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1763) – common palmfly
*''Elymnias kamara
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
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'' Moore, 858
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*''Elymnias kanekoi
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
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'' Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980
*''Elymnias kuenstleri
''Elymnias kuenstleri'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Eduard Honrath in 1885. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South ...
'' Honrath, 885
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*''Elymnias lise
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
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'' (Hemming, 1960)
*''Elymnias luteofasciata
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
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'' Okubo, 1980
*''Elymnias malelas
''Elymnias malelas'', the spotted palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in northern India and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Aust ...
'' (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'').
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'' (C. & R. Felder, 1863)
*'' Elymnias mimalon'' (Hewitson, 1861)
*''Elymnias nelsoni
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'').
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'' Corbet, 1942
*''Elymnias nepheronides
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
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'' Fruhstorfer, 1907
*''Elymnias nesaea
''Elymnias nesaea'', the tiger palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
Subspecies
*''Elymnias nesaea nesaea'' - W.Java
*''Elymnias nesaea timandra'' Wallace, 1869 - Sikkim, Assam, northern Thailand, Laos, Yunnan
*''Elymnias nesaea c ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1764) – tiger palmfly
*''Elymnias obnubila
''Elymnias obnubila'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville and George Frederick Leycester Marshall in 1883. It is endemic to Burma in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eigh ...
'' Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883
*''Elymnias panthera
''Elymnias panthera'', the tawny palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterl ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787) – tawny palmfly
*''Elymnias papua
''Elymnias papua'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1869. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but ...
'' Wallace, 1869
*''Elymnias paradoxa
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
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'' Staudinger, 1894
*''Elymnias patna
''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.Adalbert Seitz, Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter ...
'' (Westwood, 1851) – blue-striped palmfly
*''Elymnias pealii
''Elymnias pealii'', or phallic palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by James Wood-Mason in 1883. It is endemic to Assam in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. I ...
'' Wood-Mason, 1883 – Peal's palmfly
*''Elymnias pellucida
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
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'' Fruhstorfer, 1895
*''Elymnias penanga
''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
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It e ...
'' (Westwood, 1851) – pointed palmfly
*''Elymnias sangira
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
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'' Fruhstorfer, 1899
*''Elymnias singhala
''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
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realm ...
'' Moore, 875/small> – Ceylon palmfly
*''Elymnias tamborana
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
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'' Okubo, 2010
*''Elymnias vasudeva
''Elymnias vasudeva'', the Jezebel palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1857. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends ...
'' Moore, 1857 – Jezebel palmfly
*''Elymnias vitellia
''Elymnias vitellia '' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South an ...
'' (Stoll, 781
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*''Elymniopsis bammakoo
''Elymniopsis'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, ''Elymniopsis bammakoo'', the African palmfly.
Range and habitat
It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, N ...
'' Westwood, 1851 – African palmfly
Mimicry
Several species are mimics: *''Taenaris catops
''Taenaris catops'', the silky owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in New Guinea and surrounding islands.
The wingspan is 75–95 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Cordyline terminalis'', ''Musa (genus), Musa'' species, ''Ar ...
'' – ''E. agondas''
*''Euploea mulciber
''Euploea mulciber'', the striped blue crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Description
Hindwing ovate. Upperside: in the ...
'' – ''E. kuenstleri''
*'' Danaus chrysippus'' – ''E. hypermnestra''
*''Idea leuconoe
''Idea leuconoe'', also known as the paper kite butterfly, rice paper butterfly, large tree nymph, or in Australia the white nymph butterfly, is a butterfly known especially for its presence in butterfly house
A butterfly house, conservatory ...
'' – ''E. kuenstleri''
*'' Delias pasithoe'' – ''E. esaca''
*''Parantica melaneus
''Parantica melaneus'', the chocolate tiger, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Description
Upperside: forewing black, Hindwing very dark purpli ...
'' – ''E. ceryx''
See also
*Elymniopsis
''Elymniopsis'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, ''Elymniopsis bammakoo'', the African palmfly.
Range and habitat
It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nig ...
References
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Examples of mimicry
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3051879 Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner