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).

Palmflies
Elymnias hypermenstra undularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Elymniini
Subtribe: Elymniina
Genus: Elymnias
Hübner, 1818[1]
Type species
Elymnias jynx
Hübner, 1818
Synonyms
  • Didonis Hübner, [1819]
  • Dyctis Boisduval, 1832
  • Agrusia Moore, 1894
  • Bruasa Moore, 1894
  • Melynias Moore, 1894
  • Mimadelias Moore, 1894
  • Elymniopsis Fruhstorfer, 1907
Elymnias caudata

Species

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Listed alphabetically.[2]

Formerly in Elymnias:

Mimicry

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Several species are mimics:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hübner, 1818 Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40], : pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809), : pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), : pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)
  2. ^ "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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