''Elymnias agondas'', the palmfly, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Nymphalidae. It was described by
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...
in 1832. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
and neighbouring
Cape York in the
Australasian realm.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9]
Subspecies
*''E. a. agondas'' (Salawati)
*''E. a. bioculatus''
Hewitson, 1851 (New Guinea: Arfak)
*''E. a. melane''
Hewitson, 1858 (Kai Island)
*''E. a. melantho''
Wallace, 1869 (Gagi Island, Gam Island, Waigeu)
*''E. a. glaucopis''
Staudinger, 1894 (Northeast New Guinea)
*''E. a. melanippe''
Grose-Smith, 1894 (German New Guinea)
*''E. a. melanthes''
Grose-Smith, 1897 (Woodlark Island, Goodenough Island)
*''E. a. melagondas''
Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Papua - South New Guinea)
*''E. a. australiana''
Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Cape York, North Queensland: Claudie River)
*''E. a. aruana''
Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Aru)
*''E. a. goramensis''
Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Goram)
*''E. a. dampierensis''
Rothschild, 1915 (Dampier Island)
Biology
The larva feeds on ''
Calamus caryotoides
''Calamus caryotoides'' (also ''Palmijuncus caryotoides''), more commonly known as fishtail lawyer cane is a North-East Queensland tropical forest climbing palm with very thin () flexible trunks; no crownshaft; small spikes; dark green, glossy, ...
''.
References
External links
"''Elymnias'' Hübner, 1818"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Elymnias
Butterflies of Australia
Lepidoptera of New Guinea
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Butterflies described in 1832
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