Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Papilionoidea Nymphalidae Satyrinae

• Elymnias agondas (Boisduval, 1832) New Guinea, Australia. See [maps] Palm Fly

  • Dyctis agondas Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1: 138, pl. 3, f. 5
  • Elymnias (Dyctis) meletus de Nicéville, 1902; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (2): 241; TL: New Guinea
  • Elymnias (Dyctis) melitia de Nicéville, 1902; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (2): 242; TL: New Guinea
  • Elymnias agondas muscosa Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 243; TL: Kapaur
  • Elymnias agondas tampyra Fruhstorfer, 1914; Ent. Rundschau 31 (5): 25; TL: British New Guinea, Kumusi R.
  • Elymnias agondas hagias Fruhstorfer, 1914; Ent. Rundschau 31 (5): 25; TL: Holland New Guinea, "Eilandenfluss"
  • Elymnias agondas multocellata van Eecke, 1915; Nova Guinea 13 (1): 66, pl. 3, f. 6
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Elymnias agondas, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Didonis agondas multocellata; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Archiv Naturg. 81 A (11): 64
  • Elymnias agondas; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 241; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 1

  Larva on Calamus caryotoides K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

  • E. a. bioculatus Hewitson, 1851 West Irian (Arfak)

    • Dyctis bioculatus Westwood, 1850; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 354, pl. 54*, f. 4

    • Elymnias agondas bioculatus; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 242; [BAUR], 280 (text)
  • E. a. melane Hewitson, 1858 Kai I.

    • Melanitis melane Hewitson, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858: 465, pl. 55, f. 2, 4; TL: Key I. [?]
    • ?Elymnias (Dyctis) mela de Nicéville, 1902; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (2): 238, pl. FF, f. 4-5; TL: Ké Islands

    • Elymnias agondas melane; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 245; [BAUR], 280
  • E. a. melantho Wallace, 1869 Gagi Is., Gam Is., Waigeu

    • Elymnias melantho Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 330; TL: Gagie Is.
    • Elymnias agondas moranda Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (2): 322; TL: Waigeu

    • Elymnias agondas moranda; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Int. ent. Zs. 1 (7): 41, f. 1; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 244
    • Elymnias agondas melantho; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 244; [BAUR], 280
  • E. a. glaucopis Staudinger, 1894 NE.New Guinea

    • Elymnias glaucopis Staudinger, 1894; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1): 116; TL: New Guinea

    • Elymnias glaucopis; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896, Rhop. Exot. [2] 2: (Elymnias) 1, pl. 1, f. 1-3
    • Elymnias agondas glaucopis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 243; [BAUR], 280
  • E. a. melanippe Grose-Smith, 1894

    • Elymnias melanippe Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (3): 587
      • = Elymnias glaucopis ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896, Rhop. Exot. [2] 2: (Elymnias) 1
    • vertenteni Hulstaert, 1924
  • E. a. melanthes Grose-Smith, 1897 Woodlark I., Goodenough I.?

    • Elymnias melanthes Grose-Smith, 1897; Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (6) 19: 178; TL: Woodlark Island
    • ?Elymnias agondas melanthes f. ♀ infernalis Fruhstorfer, 1914; Ent. Rundschau 31 (5): 26
    • ?Elymnias agondas melanthes f. ♀ virginalis Fruhstorfer, 1914; Ent. Rundschau 31 (5): 26

    • Elymnias melanthes; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897, Rhop. Exot. [2] 3: (Elymnias) 5, pl. 2, f. 1-3
    • Elymnias agondas melanthes; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 244; [BAUR], 281
  • E. a. melagondas Fruhstorfer, 1900 Papua - S.New Guinea

    • Elymnias agondas melagondas Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12): 339; TL: New Guinea
    • ?Elymnias agondas melagondas f. ♀ taenarides Fruhstorfer, 1914; Ent. Rundschau 31 (5): 26; TL: Milne Bay

    • Elymnias agondas melagondas; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Int. ent. Zs. 1 (7): 41, f. 2; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 243; [BAUR], 280 (text)
  • E. a. australiana Fruhstorfer, 1900 Cape York, N.Queensland (Claudie R.)

    • Elymnias agondas australiana Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12): 339; TL: N.Australia

    • Elymnias agondas australiana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 245; [BAUR], 280 (text)
  • E. a. aruana Fruhstorfer, 1900 Aru

    • Elymnias agondas aruana Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12): 341; TL: Aru

    • Elymnias agondas aruana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 245; [BAUR], 281 (text)
  • E. a. goramensis Fruhstorfer, 1900 Goram

    • Elymnias agondas goramensis Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12): 341; TL: Goram

    • Elymnias agondas goramensis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 245; [BAUR], 281 (text)
  • E. a. agondas Salawati

    • Elymnias agondas agondina Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (2): 322; TL: Salewatti

    • Elymnias agondas agondas; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 241; [BAUR], 280 (text)
    • Elymnias agondas agondina; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 244
  • E. a. dampierensis Rothschild, 1915 Dampier I.

    • Elymnias agondas dampierensis Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 201; TL: Dampier Island
• Elymnias amoena Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979² Sumba (Lewa)

  • amoena Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979²; Mem. Tsukada Coll. 1: 13

  • Elymnias amoena; [BOR], 478
• Elymnias bammakoo Westwood, 1851 -. See [maps]

  • Elymnias bammakoo Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 405 note, pl. 68, f. 3

  • Elymniopsis bammakoo; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 174; Fruhstorfer, 1910, Ent. Zs. 24 (27): 150, f. 1; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 115, f. 12; [AfrL]
  • E. b. bammakoo Zaire - Angola, Cameroun, Sierra Leone

    • Elymnias bammakoo bammakoo; [BAFR], 164
    • Elymniopsis bammakoo bammakoo; [AfrL]
  • E. b. rattrayi Sharpe, 1902 Uganda

    • Elymnias rattrayi Sharpe, 1902; Entomologist 35: 41; TL: Entebbe, Uganda
    • Elymnias ugandae Grünberg, 1908; S.B. Ges naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908: 51, pl. 2, f. 2
    • Elymniopsis ugandae f. rattrayi ; [BOW]: pl. 115, f. 15

    • Elymnias bammakoo rattrayi; [BAFR], 166
    • Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi; [AfrL]
    • Elymniopsis rattrayi; [EBW], (name only)
    • Elymniopsis ugandae; [BOW]: pl. 115, f. 15
• Elymnias beza (Hewitson, 1877) Philippines. See [maps]

  • Melanitis beza Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 13: 179; TL: Philippines, Mindanao

  • Elymnias beza; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 227; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 6 (text only); [BOR], 475
  • E. b. beza Philippines (Mindanao)

    • Elymnias beza beza; [BOR], 475
  • E. b. kochi Semper, 1887 Philippines (Luzon)

    • Elymnias kochi Semper, 1887; Reisen Philipp. (2): 64, pl. 12, f. 4

    • Elymnias beza kochi; [BOR], 475
  • E. b. plateni Fruhstorfer, 1907 Mindanao

    • Elymnias kochi plateni Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 228; TL: Mindanao
  • E. b. samarana Schröder & Treadaway Philippines (Samar)

    • Elymnias beza samarana; [BOR], 475
• Elymnias brookei Shelford, 1904 N.Borneo. See [maps]

  • Elymnias brookei Shelford, 1904; J. Straits Asiat. Soc. 41: 102; TL: Kuching, Sarawak

  • Elymnias brookei; [BOR], 482
• Elymnias casiphone Geyer, [1827] Malaya, Java, Burma. See [maps]

  • Elymnias casiphone Geyer, [1827]; in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl. [9]

  • Elymnias casiphone; Distant, 1882, Rhopalocera Malayana: 64, pl. 6, f. 10; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 207; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 2; [BOR], 478
  • E. c. casiphone W.Java

    • Elymnias casiphone casiphone; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 208; [BOR], 478
  • E. c. alumna Fruhstorfer, 1907 E.Java

    • Elymnias casiphone alumna Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 209; TL: E.Java

    • Elymnias casiphone aluna[sic?]; [BOR], 478
  • E. c. saueri Distant, 1882 Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Langkawi I.

    • Elymnias saueri Distant, 1882; Rhopalocera Malayana: 65, pl. 9, f. 3; TL: Malaysia

    • Elymnias saueri, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias (Melynias) saueri; de Nicéville, 1900, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 13 (1): 164, pl. DD, f. 8
    • Elymnias casiphone saueri; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 208; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 15; [BOR], 478
  • E. c. djilantik Martin, 1909 Bali

    • Elymnias casiphone djilantik Martin, 1909; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22 (1): 49; TL: Bali

    • Elymnias casiphone djilantik; [BOR], 478
  • E. c. praetextata Fruhstorfer, 1896 Lombok

    • Elymnias casiphone praetextata Fruhstorfer, 1896; Soc. Ent. 11 (17): 140; TL: Lombok

    • Elymnias casiphone praetextata; Fruhstorfer, 1898, Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4): 341; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 210, pl. 7, f. 3; [BOR], 478
• Elymnias casiphonides Semper, 1892 -. See [maps]

  • casiphonides Semper, 1892; Reisen Philipp. (7): 330; TL: Mindanao

  • Elymnias casiphonides; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 212; [BOR], 478
  • E. c. casiphonides Philippines (Mindanao)

    • Elymnias casiphonides casiphonides; [BOR], 478
  • E. c. sanrafaela Schröder & Treadaway² Philippines (Samar)

    • Elymnias casiphonides sanrafaela; [BOR], 478
• Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871 S.India. See [maps]

  • Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 1871: 520, pl. 42, f. 4; TL: Canara

  • Elymnias hypermnestra caudata; [BIR]
  • Elymnias caudata; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 183; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 3; [BOR], 476
• Elymnias ceryx (Boisduval, 1836) Java, Sumatra. See [maps]

  • Melanitis ceryx Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: pl. 9, f. 8; TL: W.Java

  • Elymnias ceryx, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Elymnias ceryx; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 212; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 4; [BOR], 481
  • E. c. ceryx W.Java

    • Elymnias ceryx ceryx; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 212; [BOR], 481
  • E. c. ceryxoides de Nicéville, 1895 Sumatra

    • Elymnias (Melynias) ceryxoides de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 22, pl. S, f. 13; TL: Tobah Plateau

    • Elymnias ceryx ceryxoides; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 213; [BOR], 481
• Elymnias congruens Semper, 1887 -. See [maps]

  • Elymnias congruens Semper, 1887; Reisen Philipp. (2): 61

  • Elymnias congruens; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 198; [BOR], 476
  • E. c. congruens Philippines (Camotes, ?Leyte, ?Cebu)

    • Elymnias congruens congruens; [BOR], 476
  • E. c. subcongruens Semper, 1892 Philippines (Mindoro)

    • Elymnias subcongruens Semper, 1892; Reisen Philipp. (7): 329

    • Elymnias congruens subcongruens; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 199; [BOR], 476
  • E. c. photinus Fruhstorfer, 1907 Philippines (Mindanao)

    • Elymnias congruens photinus Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 199; TL: Nord-Mindanao
    • Elymnias congruens phaios Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 200; TL: Süd-Mindanao

    • Elymnias congruens photinus; [BOR], 476
  • E. c. rafaela Fruhstorfer, 1907 Philippines (Basilan)

    • Elymnias congruens rafaela Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 200; TL: Bazilan

    • Elymnias congruens rafaela; [BOR], 476
  • E. c. endida Fruhstorfer, 1911 Philippines (Bohol)

    • congruens endida Fruhstorfer, 1911; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 379; TL: Bohol

    • Elymnias congruens endida; [BOR], 476
• Elymnias cottonis (Hewitson, 1874) Andaman Is.

  • Melanitis cottonis Hewitson, 1874; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 14 (83): 358; TL: Andamans

  • Elymnias cottonis; Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4): 226; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 183; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 5; [BOR], 476
  • E. c. cottonis Andamans

    • Elymnias cottonis cottonis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 183
  • E. c. jennifferae Suzuki, 2006

    • Elymnias cottonis jennifferae Suzuki, 2006; Futao (52): (?)
• Elymnias cumaea C. & R. Felder, [1867] Sulawesi, Celebes. See [maps]

  • Elymnias cumaea C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 452, pl. 61, f. 9-10

  • Elymnias cumaea; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Soc. Ent. 19 (8): 60; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 231; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 6; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. c. cumaea N.Sulawesi (Minahassa)

    • ?Elymnias thyone Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (7): 53; TL: N.Celebes?

    • Elymnias cumaea cumaea f. thyone; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 232, (4) pl. 8, f. 2
    • Elymnias cumaea cumaea; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 232; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. c. toliana Fruhstorfer, 1899 N.Sulawesi (Toli Toli)

    • Elymnias cumaea toliana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 53; TL: Toli-Toli

    • Elymnias cumaea toliana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 233; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. c. bornemanni Ribbe, 1889 Banggai Is.

    • Elymnias bornemanni Ribbe, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1): 183, pl. 3, f. 1-2; TL: Bangkai I.

    • Elymnias cumaea bornemanni; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 233; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. c. phrikonis Fruhstorfer, 1899 Sula Mangoli

    • Elymnias cumaea phrikonis Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 53; TL: Sula-Mangoli

    • Elymnias cumaea phrikonis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 234; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. c. relicina Fruhstorfer, 1907 Sula Besi

    • Elymnias cumaea relicina Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 234; TL: Sula-Besi

    • Elymnias cumaea relicina; [BOR], 484
  • E. c. resplendens Martin, 1929² Sulawesi

    • Elymnias cumaea resplendens; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
• Elymnias sangira Fruhstorfer, 1899 Sanghie

  • Elymnias cumaea sangira Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 54; TL: Sangir

  • Elymnias cumaea sangira; Fruhstorfer, 1904, Soc. Ent. 19 (8): 60; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 234; [BOR], 484
  • Elymnias sangira; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
• Elymnias cybele (C. & R. Felder, 1860) N.Moluccas. See [maps]

  • Melanitis cybele C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (8): 248; TL: Batschian
  • Elymnias glauconia var. chloera Staudinger, 1894; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 6 (2): 363; TL: New Guinea

  • Elymnias chloera; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 231
  • Elymias cybele; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 228
  • Elymnias cybele; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 7
  • E. c. cybele Bachan, Ternate, Halmahera

    • Dyctis astrifera Butler, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 425; TL: Batchian
      • = Elymnias cybele cybele ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 229
    • Elymnias cybele adumbrata Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 228; TL: Buru
    • Elymnias cybele opaca Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 229; TL: Halmaheira
    • Elymnias cybele ternatana Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 229; TL: Ternate

    • Elymnias cybele cybele; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 229; [BAUR], 278
  • E. c. obiana Fruhstorfer, 1904 Obi

    • Elymnias cybele obiana Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (2): 321; TL: Obi

    • Elymnias cybele obiana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 230; [BAUR], 278
  • E. c. thryallis Kirsch, 1877 Waigeu, Mioswar I., N.West Irian - NE.New Guinea

    • cybele thryallis Kirsch, 1877; Mitt. zool. Mus. Dresden (2): 110, pl. 6, f. 4; TL: Mysore, Kordo
    • Elymnias glauconia Staudinger, 1894; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 6 (2): 362, pl. 6, f. 2
    • brunnescens Fruhstorfer, 1911
    • pseudoalpinx Fruhstorfer, 1911
    • terentilina Fruhstorfer, 1911
    • violacea Fruhstorfer
    • Elymnias cybele umbratilis Joicey & Noakes, 1915; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 195; TL: Biak

    • Elymnias thryallis f. brunnescens; [BAUR], 278 (text)
    • Elymnias thryallis f. thryallis; [BAUR], 278 (text)
    • Elymnias thryallis f. glauconia; [BAUR], 278, f.
    • Elymnias thryallis f. violacea; [BAUR], 278 (text)
    • Elymnias thryallis f. pseudoalpinx; [BAUR], 278, f.
    • Elymnias thryallis f. terentilina; [BAUR], 278 (text)
    • Elymnias thryallis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 231; [BAUR], 278
    • Elymnias thryallis thryallis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 231
    • Elymnias thryallis glauconia; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 231
    • Elymnias cybele umbratilis; [BAUR], 278 (text)
    • Elymnias cybele thryallis;
• Elymnias dara Distant & Pryer, 1887 Burma, Malaya, Java, Sumatra. See [maps]

  • Elymnias dara Distant & Pryer, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109): 50; TL: N.Borneo

  • Elymnias dara; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 215; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 8; [BOR], 474
  • E. d. dara Borneo

    • Elymnias dara dara; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 216; [BOR], 474
  • E. d. albofasciata Staudinger, 1889 Palawan

    • Elymnias albofasciata Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1): 39; TL: Palawan

    • Elymnias dara albofasciata; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 216; [BOR], 474
  • E. d. deminuta Staudinger, 1889 E.Java, Bali

    • Elymnias albofasciata var. deminuta Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1): 39; TL: Palawan

    • Elymnias dara deminuta; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 215; [BOR], 474
  • E. d. bengena Fruhstorfer, 1907 W.Java

    • Elymnias dara bengena Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 216; TL: W.Java, Palabuan

    • Elymnias dara bengena; [BOR], 474
  • E. d. darina Fruhstorfer, 1907 Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya

    • Elymnias dara darina Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 215; TL: Sumatra

    • Elymnias dara darina, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias dara darina; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 6; [BOR], 474
  • E. d. daedalion (de Nicéville, 1890) Burma (Tenasserim), ?Thailand

    • Dyctis daedalion de Nicéville, 1890; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 5 (3): 202, pl. D, f. 4; TL: Myittha, Myanmar

    • Elymnias dara daedalion, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias dara daedalion; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 215; [BOR], 474
• Elymnias esaca (Westwood, 1851) -. See [maps]

  • Melanitis esaca Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 405 nota; TL: Malacca
  • Elymnias godferyi Distant, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (71): 351; TL: Malay Peninsula, Sungei Ujong
  • Dyctis esacoides de Nicéville, [1893]; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7 (3): 323, pl. H, f. 2

  • Elymnias esaca esaca, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Elymnias godferyi; Distant, 1886, Rhopalocera Malayana: 423, pl. 39, f. 5
  • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 248
  • Melanitis esaca; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Melanitis): [70], pl. [36], f. 5
  • Elymnias esaca; [BOW]: pl. 163, f. 9; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 13
  • E. e. esaca Peninsular Malaya, Singapore

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca esaca; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 249
    • Elymnias esaca esaca; [BOR], 486; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 13-14; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. egialina (C. & R. Felder, 1863) Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro)

    • Melanitis egialina C. & R. Felder, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (4): 121; TL: Luzon

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca egialina; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 251
    • Elymnias esaca egialina; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 14, pl. 3, f. 9-13
  • E. e. borneensis Wallace, 1869 N.Borneo

    • Elymnias borneensis Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 324; TL: Sarawak, Borneo

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca borneensis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 250
    • Elymnias esaca borneensis; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. andersonii (Moore, 1886) S.Burma (Mergui)

    • Dyctis andersonii Moore, 1886; J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1): 33, pl. 3, f. 5; TL: Mergui, S.Myanmar

    • Elymnias esaca andersonii, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca andersoni; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 249
    • Elymnias esaca andersonii; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. maheswara Fruhstorfer, 1895 Java, Bali

    • Elymnias (Dyctis) maheswara Fruhstorfer, 1894; Ent. Nachr. 20 (2): 21; TL: W.Java, Vulcan Gede, ~5000'
    • Elymnias (Dyctis) maheswara Fruhstorfer, 1895; Stettin Ent. Ztg. 55 (4-6): 124, pl. 5, f. 10, pl. 4, f. 7; TL: W.Java, Vulcan Gede, ~5000'

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) maheswara; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 251
    • Elymnias maheswara; [BOW]: pl. 162, f. 9 (text only)
    • Elymnias esaca maheswara; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. leontina Fruhstorfer, 1898 Nias

    • Elymnias esaca leontina Fruhstorfer, 1898; Ent. Zs. 12 (14): 99; TL: Nias

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca leontina; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 250
    • Elymnias esaca leontina; Fruhstorfer, 1899, Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 56; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. pseudodelias Fruhstorfer, 1907 Sumatra

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca pseudodelias Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 250; TL: Sumatra

    • Elymnias esaca pseudodelias; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. taeniola Fruhstorfer, 1907 SE.Borneo

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca taeniola Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 250; TL: SE. Borneo

    • Elymnias esaca taeniola; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. georgi Fruhstorfer, 1907 Philippines (Mindanao)

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) esaca georgi Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 251; TL: Mindanao

    • Elymnias esaca georgi; [BOR], 486; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. saifuli Hanafusa, ?1994 Siberut

    • Elymnias esaca saifuli; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. popularis Hanafusa, ?1994 Tanahmasa

    • Elymnias esaca popularis; Tateishi, 2001, Futao (39): 15 (note)
  • E. e. lautensis Tateishi, 2001 Laut I.

    • Elymnias esaca lautensis Tateishi, 2001; Futao (39): 13, pl. 3, f. 1-2; TL: Laut Is., Indonesia
  • E. e. splendida Tateishi, 2001 Singkep I.

    • Elymnias esaca splendida Tateishi, 2001; Futao (39): 13, pl. 3, f. 3-6; TL: Singkep Is., Indonesia
  • E. e. lingga Tateishi, 2001 Lingga I.

    • Elymnias esaca lingga Tateishi, 2001; Futao (39): 13, pl. 3, f. 7-8; TL: Lingga Is., Indonesia
  • E. e. nigricans Tateishi, 2001 Enggano I.

    • Elymnias esaca nigricans Tateishi, 2001; Futao (39): 14, pl. 3, f. 14-15; TL: Enggano Is., Indonesia
• Elymnias harterti Honrath, 1889 Peninsular Malaya. See [maps]

  • Elymnias harterti Honrath, 1889; Berl. ent. Z. 33 (1): 165, (2) pl. 2, f. 2; TL: Perak, Malaysia

  • Elymnias harterti harterti, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Elymnias harterti; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 214; [BOR], 482
  • E. h. harterti

    • Elymnias harterti harterti; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 11-12
• Elymnias hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 Celebes. See [maps] Hewitson's Palmfly

  • Elymnias hewitsoni Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 327 [♂]

  • Elymnias hewitsoni; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 237; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 3; [BOR], 486; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 175

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Melanitis leucocyma; Hewitson, 1861, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1861: 53, pl. 9, f. 34
  • E. h. hewitsoni S.Sulawesi, Salayar

    • Elymnias hewitsoni hewitsoni f. sumptuosa Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 237; TL: Tanetta

    • Elymnias hewitsoni hewitsoni; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 237; [BOR], 486; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 175
  • E. h. meliophila Fruhstorfer, 1896 Selayar

    • Elymnias meliophila Fruhstorfer, 1896; Soc. Ent. 11 (4): 25; TL: Saleyer
    • Elymnias meliophila Fruhstorfer, 1896; Soc. Ent. 11 (18): 147; TL: Saleyer

    • Elymnias meliophila; Fruhstorfer, 1899, Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 56
    • Elymnias hewitsoni meliophila; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 238, pl. 7, f. 2; [BOR], 486; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 175
  • E. h. atys Fruhstorfer, 1904 SE.Sulawesi

    • Elymnias hewitsoni atys Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (8): 60; TL: S.Celebes

    • Elymnias hewitsoni atys; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 238
    • Elymnisa hewitsoni atys; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 175
• Elymnias hicetas Wallace, 1869 Celebes. See [maps]

  • Elymnias hicetas Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 327 ♂; TL: Macassar, S.Celebes

  • Elymnisa hicetas; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 235
  • Elymnias hicetas; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 1; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. h. hicetas Sulawesi

    • Elymnisa hicetas hicetas; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 235
    • Elymnias hicetas hicetas; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 175
  • ?E. h. bonthainensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 S.Sulawesi

    • Elymnias hicetas bonthainensis Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 55; TL: Bua Kraeng

    • Elymnias hicetas bonthainensis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 236; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 175

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • Elymnias hewitsoni; Wallace, 1869, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 327 ♀
  • E. h. hicetina Fruhstorfer, 1904 E.Sulawesi (Tombugu)

    • Elymnias hicetas hicetina Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (7): 53; TL: E.Celebes, Tombugu

    • Elymnias hicetas hicetina; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 236; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 175
  • E. h. butona Fruhstorfer, 1904 Butung I.

    • Elymnias hicetas butona Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (7): 53; TL: N.Buton

    • Elymnias hicetas butona; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 237; [BOR], 484
    • Elymnias hicetan butona; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 175
  • E. h. rarior Martin, 1929² Sulawesi, Buton

    • Elymnias hicetas rarior; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
• Elymnias holofernes (Butler, 1882) New Britain, Duke of York?, New Ireland?. See [maps]

  • Dyctis holofernes Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (55): 42; TL: Duke-of-York I.

  • Elymnias holophernes[sic, recte holofernes]; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896, Rhop. Exot. [2] 2: (Elymnias) 3, pl. 1, f. 6-7
  • Elymnias holofernes; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 230; [BAUR], 279
• Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763) Peninsular India, Dun - Bengal, Madya Pradesh, Assam, Burma, Ceylon. See [maps] Common Palmfly

  • Papilio hypermnestra Linnaeus, 1763; Amoenitates Acad. 6: 407; TL: "Java"
  • Papilio protogenia Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): pl. 189, f. F, G
  • Papilio lais Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 21, pl. 110, f. A, B
  • Elymnias jynx Hübner, 1818; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: 12, pl. [7], f. 37-38
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens Butler, 1871; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 1871: 520, pl. 42, f. 1; TL: Sarawak, Borneo
  • ?Eylmnias hecate Butler, 1871; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 1871: 520, pl. 42, f. 2; TL: Labuan
  • ?Elymnias undularis var. orientalis Röber, 1891; Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 311; TL: Flores
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens meliophila Fruhstorfer, 1896; Soc. Ent. 11 (18): 147
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens melitophila Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4): 342
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens sumbana Fruhstorfer, 1902; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2): 273; TL: Sumba I.
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens formosana Fruhstorfer, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1): 17; TL: Takau, S. Formosa
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens nigrescens f. pseudagina Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 191; TL: Sarawak
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens nigrescens f. edela Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 191; TL: Pontianak
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens nigrescens f. virilis Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 191; TL: Lawas, N. Borneo
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens sumbawana Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 197, (4) pl. 8, f. 1; TL: Tambora, Sumbawa
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens timorensis Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 198; TL: Timor
  • ?Elymnias nigrescens bulelenga Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 124; TL: Buleleng, North Bali
  • ?nigrescens alorensis Talbot, 1932; Bull. Hill. Mus. 4: 167; TL: Alor

  • Elymnias hypermnestra, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • ?Elymnias nigrescens formosana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 187
  • Elymnias nigrescens; Distant, 1882, Rhopalocera Malayana: 61, pl. 6, f. 1, pl. 9, f. 1; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 186
  • Elymnias nigrescens nigrescens; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 190
  • Elymnias nigrescens melitophila; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 192
  • Elymnias nigrescens orientalis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 196
  • Elymnias nigrescens sumbana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 198
  • Elymnias hypermnestra; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 4; [BOR], 474; [MRS], 375

  identification uncertain 769x515 (~83Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko	769x513 (~101Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko	600x400 (~50Kb) upperside India: Guwahati, 18.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
  600x400 (~45Kb) underside India: Guwahati, 18.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

  Female mimics Danaus chrysippus, Danaus plexippus([BIR])and Euploea ([EOB]).

  Larva on Arenga engleri, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, Cocos nucifera, Livistona chinensis, Phoenix humilis [MRS]

  • E. h. hypermnestra Ceylon

    • Elymnias hypermnestra hypermnestra f. perpusilla Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 181

    • Elymnias hypermnestra hypermnestra; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 180
  • E. h. undularis (Drury, 1773) Dun - Bengal, Madya Pradesh, Assam, N.Burma

    • Papilio undularis Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: pl. 10, f. 1-2
    • Elymnias undularis violetta Fruhstorfer, 1902; Soc. Ent. 16 (22): 169; TL: Thailand
    • Elymnias hypermnestra violetta f. epixantha Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 178
    • Elymnias hypermnestra violetta f. obfuscata Riley, 1932; J. Siam. Soc. 8 (4, Suppl.): 249; TL: Thailand

    • Elymnias hypermnestra violetta, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias hypermnestra violetta; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 177
    • hypermnestra undularis; [BIR]
    • Elymnias hypermnestra undularis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 176; Sharma, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (2): 147-149, f. 1-5 (gen.)

    358x326 (~26Kb) underside Kolkata (Old name Culcutta), West bengal state of India, 12 November 2003 appx. at 1100 hrs, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

  • E. h. fraterna Butler, 1871 Ceylon

    • Elymnias fraterna Butler, 1871; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 1871: 520, pl. 42, f. 3; TL: Ceylon

    • Elymnias fraterna; Moore, [1880], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 25, pl. 13, f. 1a-b
    • hypermnestra r. fraterna; [BIR]
    • Elymnias hypermnestra fraterna; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 179; [BOR], 475
  • E. h. tinctoria Moore, 1878 Thailand, N.Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi

    • Elymnias tinctoria Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 826; TL: Meetan, 3000ft
    • Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria f. paraleuca Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 177; TL: Tenasserim, 6000', Mergui-Archiel

    • Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria f. paraleuca; Fruhstorfer, 1911, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 375
    • Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 177; [BMP]: 121, pl. 14, f. 8-9; [BOR], 475
  • E. h. hainana Moore, 1878 Hainan

    • Elymnias hainana Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 696; TL: Hainan

    • Elymnias hypermnestra hainana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias nigrescens hainana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 187
    • Elymnias hypermnestra hainana; [MRS], 375
  • E. h. discrepans Distant, 1882

    • Elymnias discrepans Distant, 1882; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 9 (53): 397; TL: Prov. Wellesley; Penang

    • Elymnias discrepans; Distant, 1882, Rhopalocera Malayana: 60, pl. 6, f. 2-3
  • E. h. baliensis Fruhstorfer, 1896 Bali

    • Elymnias protogenia baliensis Fruhstorfer, 1896; Soc. Ent. 11 (18): 147; TL: Bali
    • Elymnias protogenia baliensis Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4): 343; TL: Bali

    • Elymnias hypermnestra baliensis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 182; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 124
  • E. h. tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1902 Indo-China

    • Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1902; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2): 271; TL: Tonkin, Haiphong
    • Elymnias hypermnestra nigrescens f. depicta Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 188; TL: Tonkin

    • Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 188
    • Elymnias hypermnestra tonkiniana; [BOR], 475
  • E. h. meridionalis Fruhstorfer, 1902 SE.Thailand, S.Laos, S.Vietnam

    • Elymnias undularis meridionalis Fruhstorfer, 1902; Soc. Ent. 16 (22): 169; TL: S.Vietnam
    • Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis f. orphnia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 179; TL: S.Vietnam

    • Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 178

    787x904 (~103Kb) underside female Cambodia, Siem Reap, a shallow pool at a channel at the artificial lake of Barai. 8th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	873x848 (~90Kb) underside female Cambodia, Siem Reap, a shallow pool at a channel at the artificial lake of Barai. 8th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	939x882 (~341Kb) underside female Cambodia, Siem Reap, a shallow pool at a channel at the artificial lake of Barai. 8th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
    906x887 (~305Kb) underside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1038x913 (~294Kb) underside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  • E. h. agina Fruhstorfer, 1902 Sumatra

    • Elymnias nigrescens ab. agina Fruhstorfer, 1902; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2): 272; TL: Singapore; Sumatra; Perak
    • Elymnias nigrescens beatrice Fruhstorfer, 1902; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2): 272 (nom. nov.)
    • Elymnias nigrescens beatrice f. decolorata Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 189; TL: Sumatra
    • Elymnias nigrescens beatrice f. ornamenta Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 190; TL: Malay

    • Elymnias nigrescens agina;
    • Elymnias nigrescens beatrice; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 188
    • Elymnias hypermnestra agina; [BMP]: 121, pl. 14, f. 10

    983x935 (~284Kb) underside male Thailand, Phuket, the valley of a rivulet flowing to the western coast between Ban Naithon and Ban Layan. 24th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

    1226x1274 (~318Kb) underside male Thailand, Phuket, the valley of a rivulet flowing to the western coast between Ban Naithon and Ban Layan. 24th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  • E. h. nimota Corbet, 1937

    • Elymnias nimota Corbet, 1937; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B), 6 (5): 97

    • Elymnias hypermnestra nimota; [BMP]
  • E. h. septentrionalis Zhou & Huang, 1994 Hubei, Guangxi

    • Elymnias hypermnestra septentrionalis Zhou & Huang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 758, 375, f. 27; TL: Nanning, Guangxi
• Elymnias kamara Moore, [1858] -. See [maps]

  • Elymnias kamara Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: 239; TL: Java

  • Elymnias kamara; [BOR], 479
  • E. k. kamara Java

    • Elymnias kamara kamara; [BOR], 479
  • E. k. erinyes de Nicéville, 1895 Sumatra

    • Elymnias (Melynias) erinyes de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 19, pl. R, f. 9-10; TL: Battak Mtns, NE.Sumatra

    • Elymnias casiphone erinyes; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 210
    • Elymnias kamara erinyes; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 16; [BOR], 479
  • E. k. exclusa de Nicéville, 1898 Bali

    • exclusa de Nicéville, 1898; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66 Pt.II (5): 681

    • Elymnias kamara exclusa; [BOR], 479
  • E. k. lombokiana Fruhstorfer, 1911 Lombok

    • kamara lombokiana Fruhstorfer, 1911; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 383; TL: Lombok

    • Elymnias kamara lombokiana; [BOR], 479
• Elymnias kanekoi Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980² Philippines (Negros). See [maps]

  • kanekoi Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980²; Mem. Tsukada Coll. 2: 14

  • Elymnias kanekoi; [BOR], 486 (text)
• Elymnias kuenstleri Honrath, [1885] -. See [maps]

  • Elymnias künstleri [= kuenstleri] Honrath, [1885]; Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2): 276, pl. 8, f. 3

  • Elymnias künstleri; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 213
  • Elymnias kuenstleri; [EBW], (name only); [BOR], 481
  • Elymnias kunstleri[sic];
  • E. k. kuenstleri Peninsular Malaya

    • Elymnias kuenstleri kuenstleri; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 19-20; [BOR], 481
  • E. k. rileyi Corbet, 1933 Borneo

    • Elymnias kuenstleri rileyi Corbet, 1933; Stylops 2 (5): 132 (nom. nov.); TL: Borneo
    • borneensis Riley, 1923; Entomologist 56 (2): 36; TL: Borneo

    • Elymnias kuenstleri rileyi; [BOR], 481
  • E. k. gauroides Fruhstorfer, 1894 Java

    • Elymnias gauroides Fruhstorfer, 1894; Ent. Nachr. 20 (3): 43; TL: Java

    • Elymnias gauroides; Fruhstorfer, 1894, Berl. Ent. Zs. 39 (2): 243, pl. 18, f. 4
    • Elymnias künstleri gauroides; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 213
    • Elymnias kuenstleri gauroides; [BOR], 481
• Elymnias luteofasciata Okubo, 1980 Philippines (SE.Mindanao). See [maps]

  • Elymnias luteofasciata Okubo, 1980; Tyô to Ga 31 (1,2): 60; TL: Penangudloton, Upian River, Calinan, City of Davao, Mindanao

  • Elymnias luteofasciata; [BOR], 486 (text only)
• Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863) NW.India, Sikkim. See [maps] Spotted Palmfly

  • Melanitis malelas Hewitson, 1863; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Melanitis): [70], pl. [36], f. 6-7; TL: "Bengal"
  • ?Biblis leucocyma Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 326; TL: Upper Tenasseirim [?Java]
  • Elymnias malelas malelas ab. subdecorata Fruhstorfer, 1911; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 381; TL: Assam

  • Elymnias malelas, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Dyctis leucocyma; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 826
  • Elymnias leucocyma; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 184
  • Elymnias casiphone malelas; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 207
  • Elymnias malelas; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 2; [BOR], 478; [MRS], 375
  • Elymnias casiphone malelas;

  Mimics Euploea mulciber[BIR].

  Larva on Trachycarpus forturei, Musa paradisiaca var. sapientum [MRS]

  • E. m. ivena Fruhstorfer, 1911 S.Yunnan, ...

    • Elymnias malelas ivena Fruhstorfer, 1911; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 381; TL: Thailand; N.Vietnam

    • ?Elymnias casiphone ivena; [BOR], 478
    • Elymnias malelas ivena; Huang & Xue, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 141 (name)
• Elymnias melias (C. & R. Felder, 1863) -. See [maps]

  • Melanitis melias C. & R. Felder, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (4): 120; TL: Lugban, Burias

  • Elymnias melias; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 212; [BOR], 481
  • E. m. melias Philippines (Luzon)

    • Elymnias melias melias; [BOR], 481
  • E. m. malis Semper, 1887 Philippines (Polillo Is.)

    • melias malis Semper, 1887; Reisen Philipp. (2): 62, pl. 12, f. 2-3; TL: Philippines

    • Elymnias melias malis; [BOR], 481
• Elymnias mimalon (Hewitson, 1861) Celebes. See [maps]

  • Melanitis mimalon Hewitson, 1861; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1861: 52, pl. 9, f. 1-2; TL: Manado, Celebes

  • Elymnias mimalon; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 239; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 5; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. m. mimalon N.Sulawesi

    • Elymnias mimalon mimalon f. leucostigmata Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 239; TL: Toli-Toli

    • Elymnias mimalon mimalon; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 239; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. m. ino Fruhstorfer, 1904 C.Sulawesi (Tawaya)

    • Elymnias mimalon ino Fruhstorfer, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (7): 53; TL: Celebes, Tawaya

    • Elymnias mimalon ino; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 239; [BOR], 484; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
  • E. m. nysa Fruhstorfer, 1907 S.Celebes

    • Elymnias mimalon nysa Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 239, pl. 7, f. 5; TL: S.Celebes

    • Elymnias mimalon nysa; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174
• Elymnias nelsoni Corbet, 1942 Mentawai Is. (Sipora)

  • nelsoni Corbet, 1942; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11) 9 (56): 612; TL: Mentawei I.

  • Elymnias nelsoni; [BOR], 479
• Elymnias nepheronides Fruhstorfer, 1907 Flores. See [maps]

  • Elymnias nepheronides Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 228; TL: Flores

  • Elymnias nepheronides; [BOR], 481
• Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764) Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Malaya, Java. See [maps] Tiger Palmfly

  • Papilio nesaea Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 302; TL: "Asia" [Java]

  • Elymnias nesaea; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 200; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 7; [MRS], 373

  Mimics Danaus aglea[BIR].

  Larva on Calamus spp., Trachycarpus forturei, Cocos nucifera [MRS]

  • E. n. nesaea W.Java

    • Elymnias nesaea nesaea; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 205
  • E. n. timandra Wallace, 1869 Sikkim, Assam, N.Thailand, Laos, Yunnan

    • Elymnias timandra Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 326; TL: Sylhet, Moulmein

    • Elymnias nesaea timandra, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias nesaea timandra; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 201; [BOR], 476; [MRS], 373
  • E. n. cortona Fruhstorfer, 1911 Burma

    • nesaea cortona Fruhstorfer, 1911; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 379

    • Elymnias nesaea cortona; [BOR], 476 (note)
  • E. n. apelles Fruhstorfer, 1902 Thailand, Lower Burma, S.Yunnan

    • Elymnias lais apelles Fruhstorfer, 1902; Soc. Ent. 16 (22): 169; TL: Bangkok, Thailand
    • Elymnias lais apelles Fruhstorfer, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 15 (2): 314; TL: Bangkok, Thailand

    • Elymnias nesaea apelles, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias nesaea apelles; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 202; [BOR], 476
  • E. n. lioneli Fruhstorfer, 1907 Malaya

    • Elymnias nesaea lioneli Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 203 (nom. nov.); TL: Malaysia

    • Elymnias nesaea lioneli, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias nesaea lioneli; [BOR], 476 (note); [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 17-18

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • Elymnias lais; Distant, 1882, Rhopalocera Malayana: 62, pl. 9, f. 2
  • E. n. laisides de Nicéville, [1896] Sumatra

    • nesaea laisides de Nicéville, [1896]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 64 Pt.II (3): 390; TL: Sumatra

    • Elymnias nesaea laisides; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 203; [BOR], 476 (note)
  • E. n. neolais de Nicéville, 1898 Nias

    • Elymnias (Melynias) neolais de Nicéville, 1898; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12 (1): 136, pl. X, f. 6

    • Elymnias nesaea neolais; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 203; [BOR], 476 (note)
  • E. n. kamarina Fruhstorfer, 1906 Batu Is.

    • Elymnias lais kamarina Fruhstorfer, 1906; Ent Zs. 20 (15): 98; TL: Batu I.
    • Elymnias lais kamarina Fruhstorfer, 1906; Ent. Zs. 20 (21): 146; TL: Batu I.

    • Elymnias nesaea kamarina; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 204
    • Elymnias nesaea kamerina[sic?]; [BOR], 476 (note)
  • E. n. hypereides Fruhstorfer, 1903 N.Borneo

    • Elymnias lais hypereides Fruhstorfer, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 15 (2): 315; TL: N.Borneo

    • Elymnias nesaea hypereides; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 204; [BOR], 476 (note)
  • E. n. coelifrons Fruhstorfer, 1907 S.Borneo

    • Elymnias nesaea coelifrons Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 205; TL: S.E. Borneo

    • Elymnias nesaea coelifrons; [BOR], 476 (note)
  • E. n. hermia Fruhstorfer, 1907 E.Java

    • Elymnias nesaea hermia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 206; TL: E. Java, near Lawang, ca 2000'

    • Elymnias nesaea hermia; [BOR], 476 (note)
  • E. n. baweana Hagen, 1896 Bawean

    • Elymnias baweana Hagen, 1896; Jahrb. Nass. Nat. 49: 184; TL: Bawean

    • Elymnias nesaea baweana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 206; [BOR], 476 (note)
  • E. n. vordemani Snellen, 1902 Kangean Is.

    • Elymnias vordemani Snellen, 1902; Tijdschr. Ent. 45: 77; TL: Kangean I.

    • Elymnias nesaea vordemani; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 207; [BOR], 476
• Elymnias obnubila Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883 Burma. See [maps]

  • Elymnias obnubila Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883; Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (2): 265, 272

  • Elymnias obnubila, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Elymnias cottonis obnubila; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 184
  • Elymnias obnubila; [BOR], 476
• Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) Malaya, Java. See [maps]

  • Papilio panthera Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 39, no. 407
  • ?Elymnias panthera exsulata van Eecke, 1918; Zool. Meded. 4 (7): 82; TL: Pulu Lasia

  • Elymnias panthera; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 216; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 8; [BOR], 473
  • E. p. panthera Peninsular Malaya, Singapore Tawny Palmfly

    • Elymnias lutescens Butler, 1867; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20 (120): 404, pl. 9, f. 10; TL: Borneo; Malacca, Singapore and Penang

    • Elymnias panthera panthera; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 219; [BOR], 473; [BMP]: 122, pl. 14, f. 7
    • Elymnias lutescens; Distant, 1882, Rhopalocera Malayana: 62, pl. 6, f. 4-5
  • E. p. dusara Horsfield, [1829] W.Java

    • Melanitis dusara Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): pl. 5, f. 7; TL: W.Java

    • Elymnias panthera dusara; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 222; [BOR], 473
  • E. p. dulcibella Fruhstorfer, 1907 E.Java

    • Elymnias panthera f. dulcibella Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 223; TL: E.Java

    • Elymnias panthera dulcibella; [BOR], 473
  • E. p. balina Martin, 1909 Bali

    • Elymnias panthera balina Martin, 1909; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22 (1): 58; TL: Bali

    • Elymnias panthera balina; [BOR], 473
  • E. p. lacrimosa Fruhstorfer, 1898 Bawean

    • Elymnias panthera lacrimosa Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 43 (1/2): 196; TL: Bawean

    • Elymnias panthera lacrimosa; Fruhstorfer, 1906, Ent. Zs. 20 (9): 61; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 221; [BOR], 473 (note)
  • E. p. lacrima Fruhstorfer, 1904

    • Elymnias panthera lacrima Fruhstorfer, 1904; Berl. ent. Zs. 49 (1/2): 188; TL: N.Borneo?; Banka?

    • Elymnias panthera lacrima; [BOR], 473 (note)
  • E. p. tautra Fruhstorfer, 1907 Sumatra

    • Elymnias panthera tautra Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 218 (repl.); TL: NE.Sumatra

    • Elymnias panthera tautra; [BOR], 473 (note)
  • E. p. arikata Fruhstorfer, 1907 Natuna

    • Elymnias panthera arikata Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 219; TL: Natuna

    • Elymnias panthera arikata; [BOR], 473 (note)
  • E. p. labuana Staudinger, 1889 N.Borneo

    • Elymnias panthera var. labuana Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1): 39

    • Elymnias panthera labuana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 220; [BOR], 474 (note)
  • E. p. alfredi Fruhstorfer, 1907 S.Borneo

    • Elymnias panthera alfredi Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 220; TL: SE.Borneo
    • Elymnias panthera alfredi f. alfredi Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 220
    • Elymnias panthera alfredi f. pantherina Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 220

    • Elymnias panthera alfredi; [BOR], 474 (note)
  • E. p. parce Staudinger, 1889 Palawan

    • Elymnias panthera parce Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1): 39; TL: Palawan

    • Elymnias panthera parce; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 221; [BOR], 474 (note)
  • E. p. suluana Fruhstorfer, 1899 Sulu Is.

    • Elymnias panthera suluana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 57; TL: Sulu Is.

    • Elymnias panthera suluana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 221; [BOR], 474
  • E. p. bangueyana Fruhstorfer, 1899 Banggai

    • Elymnias panthera bangueyana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 58; TL: Banguei I.

    • Elymnias panthera bangueyana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 221; [BOR], 474 (note)
  • E. p. enganica Doherty, 1891 Enggano

    • Elymnias dolorosa var. enganica Doherty, 1891; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 60 Pt.II (1): 24; TL: Engano

    • Elymnias panthera enganica; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 218; [BOR], 474 (note)
  • E. p. dolorosa Butler, 1883 Nias

    • Elymnias dolorosa Butler, 1883; Ent. mon. Mag. 20: 53; TL: Nias

    • Elymnias panthera dolorosa; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 218; [BOR], 474 (note)
  • E. p. mimus Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881 Nicobars

    • Elymnias mimus Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 50 Pt.II (3): 230; TL: Nicobars

    • Elymnias panthera mimus; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 217; [BOR], 474 (note)
  • E. p. tiomanica Eliot, 1978 Pulau Tioman

    • Elymnias panthera tiomanica Eliot, 1978; Butterflies Malay Peninsula (3rd edn): 413; TL: Malysia, P. Tioman

    • Elymnias panthera tiomanica; [BOR], 474 (note)
  • E. p. winkleri Kalis, 1933 Sabang

    • Elymnias panthera winkleri Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76 (1-2): 80; TL: Sabang
• Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869 -. See [maps]

  • Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 329; TL: New Guinea

  • Elymnias papua; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 240
  • E. p. papua West Irian - SE.New Guinea

    • Elymnias viridescens Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 365, pl. 12, f. 5-6; TL: Humboldt Bay
    • Dyctis viridescens var. kakarona Hagen, 1897; Jarhb. Nass. Ver. Nat. 50: 78

    • Elymnias viridescens; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 250
    • Elymnias papua papua; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 240; [BAUR], 281
  • E. p. lactentia Fruhstorfer, 1907 Waigiou

    • Elymnias papua lactentia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 240; TL: Waigiu
  • E. p. cinereomargo Joicey & Noakes, 1915 Biak

    • Elymnias viridescens cinereomargo Joicey & Noakes, 1915; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 196, pl. 25, f. 5; TL: Biak

    • Elymnias papua cinereomargo; [BAUR], 281 (text)

    Rememblance, male to Hypolimnas pithoeka, female to Euploea cerberusJoicey & Noakes, 1915, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 193

  • E. p. bivittata van Eecke, 1915 New Guinea

    • papua bivittata van Eecke, 1915; Nova Guinea 13 (1): 65, pl. 3, f. 5, 5a; TL: New Guinea
• Elymnias paradoxa Staudinger, 1894 E.New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Elymnias paradoxa Staudinger, 1894; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1): 116
  • Elymnias erastus Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (3): 588
    • = ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896, Rhop. Exot. [2] 2: (Elymnias) 3; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 246

  • Elymnias paradoxa; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896, Rhop. Exot. [2] 2: (Elymnias) 3, pl. 1, f. 4-5; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 246; [BAUR], 281

  Passable copy of Graphium thule f. leuthe.[BAUR]

• Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851) Kumaon - Assam, Sikkim, N.Burma. See [maps] Blue-striped Palmfly

  • Melanitis patna Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 68; TL: "East India"
  • Elymnias patna bercovitzi Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 173; TL: Five Finger Mtns, Hainan

  • Elymnias patna, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Elymnias patna; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 227; [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 6; [BOR], 475

  Mimics Euploea harrisi.[BIR]

  • E. p. patna NW.India - Assam, Burma, ?Thailand

    • Elymnias patna patna; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 227; [BOR], 475
  • E. p. patnoides (Moore, 1893) Burma

    • Melynias patnoides Moore, 1893; Lepidoptera Indica 2 (19): 163, pl. 141, f. 2, 2a; TL: Burma

    • Elymnias panta patna f. patnoides; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 227
  • E. p. stictica Fruhstorfer, 1902 N.Indo China

    • Elymnias patna stictica Fruhstorfer, 1902; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2): 271; TL: N.Vietnam

    • Elymnias patna stictica; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 227; [BOR], 475
  • E. p. hanitchi Martin, 1909 Peninsular Malaya

    • Elymnias hanitschi Martin, 1909; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22 (1): 52

    • Elymnias patna hanitchi; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 1
    • Elymnias patna hanitschi; [BOR], 475
  • E. p. dohrni de Nicéville, 1895 N.Sumatra

    • Elymnias (Melynias) dohrnii de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 21, pl. S, f. 12; TL: Bohorok, E.Sumatra
    • ?dohrni de Nicéville, [1896]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 64 Pt.II (3): 391; TL: N.Sumatra

    • Elymnias pellucida dohrni; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 211
    • Elymnias patna dohrni; [BOR], 475
• Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, 1883 Assam. See [maps] Peal's Palmfly

  • Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11: 62, pl. 2, f. A, B; TL: Assam

  • Elymnias pealii; [BOW]: pl. 165, f. 1
  • Elymnias peali; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 214; [BOR], 482
• Elymnias pellucida Fruhstorfer, 1895 N.Borneo. See [maps]

  • Elymnias pellucida Fruhstorfer, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (11): 168; TL: N.Borneo

  • Elymnias pellucida; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 211; [BOR], 481
• Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851) Assam, Burma, Malaya. See [maps] Pointed Palmfly

  • Melanitis penanga Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 405 n; TL: Penang, Malaysia
  • Melaninis mehida Hewitson, 1863; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Melanitis): [69], pl. [36], f. 2-3; TL: Singapore
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Elymnias penanga penanga, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Melanitis penanga; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Melanitis): [69], pl. [36], f. 1, 4
  • Elymnias penanga; Distant, 1882, Rhopalocera Malayana: 63, pl. 7, f. 6, pl. 6, f. 11; [BOR], 482

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Elymnias penanga; ;, [BOW]: pl. 164, f. 9, pl. 165, f. 2
  • E. p. penanga Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi Is.

    • Elymnias abrisa Distant, 1886; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 17 (102): 531
    • Elymnias penanga penanga ♀-f. hislopi Eliot, 1967; Entomologist 100 (1244): 3; TL: Malaysia, Langkawi Islands
    • Elymnias penanga f. immaculata Martin, 1909; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22 (1): 55
    • Elymnias penanga f. johnsoni Talbot, 1929; Bull. Hill Mus. 3 (1): 80 (f. form)

    • Elymnias penanga penanga f. johnsoni; [BMP]
    • Elymnias penanga penanga f. penanga; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 3
    • Elymnias penanga penanga f. hislopi; [BOR], 483, f.; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 4
    • Elymnias penanga penanga f. abrisa; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 5
    • Elymnias penanga penanga; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 226; [BOR], 482; [BMP]: 123, pl. 14, f. 2
  • E. p. sumatrana Wallace, 1869 Sumatra

    • Elymnias sumatrana Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 325; TL: Sumatra

    • Elymnias penanga sumatrana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 226; [BOR], 482
  • E. p. konga Grose-Smith, 1889 Borneo

    • Elymnias konga Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (16): 317; TL: Borneo
    • Elymnias borneensis Grose-Smith, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (60): 428 (preocc.); TL: North-east Borneo
      • = Elymnias penanga konga ; [NHM card]
    • Elymnias penanga trepsichroides Shelford, 1904; J. Straits Asiat. Soc. 41: 105 (repl. Elymnias borneensis Grose-Smit, 1892)
    • Elymnias penanga konga f. mehidina Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 226
    • Elymnias penanga konga f. ptychandrina Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 227

    • Bruasa borneensis; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897, Rhop. Exot. [2] 3: (Bruasa) 6, pl. 1, f. 4-6
    • Elymnias penanga konga f. konga; [BOR], 483, f.
    • Elymnias penanga konga f. terpsichorides[sic?]; [BOR], 483, f.
    • Elymnias penanga konga; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 226; [BOR], 482
  • E. p. chelensis de Nicéville, 1890 Assam - Tenasserim, ?Thailand

    • Elymnias chelensis de Nicéville, 1890; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 5 (3): 200, pl. D, f. 3; TL: Khasi Hills

    • Elymnias penanga chelensis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Elymnias penanga chelensis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 225; [BOR], 482
• Elymnias lise (Hemming, 1960) W.Africa. See [maps]

  • Elymniopsis lise Hemming, 1960; Annot. lep. (1): 30 (repl. Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793)
  • E. l. lise W.Africa

    • Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 132 (preocc. Papilio phegea Borkhausen, 1788)

    • Elymniopsis phegea phegea; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 174
    • Elymniopsis phegea; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 174; [BOW]: pl. 115, f. 14
  • E. l. intermedia (Aurivillius, 1898) Cameroon

    • Elymnias phegea var. intermedia Aurivillius, 1898; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 45
    • Elymnias phegea ab. angustata Bartel, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12: 129; TL: Kamerun, Barombi Station

    • Elymniopsis phegea intermedia; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 174
• Elymnias singhala Moore, [1875] Ceylon. See [maps] Ceylon Palmfly

  • Elymnias singhala Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 568; TL: Colombo, Ceylon

  • Elymnias singhala; Moore, [1880], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 26, pl. 13, f. 2, 2a; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 224; [BOW]: pl. 165, f. 4; [BOR], 482
• Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857 -. See [maps] Jezebel Palmfly

  • Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: 238; TL: Darjeeling

  • Elymnias vasudeva, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Elymnias (Mimadelias) vasudeva; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 247
  • Elymnias vasudeva; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 826; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 165, f. 5; [BOR], 486

  Probably a mimic of Delias descombesi[BIR], Delias pasithoe [BOR].

  • E. v. vasudeva Sikkim, Nepal

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) vasudeva vasudeva; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 247
    • Elymnias vasudeva vasudeva; Morishita & Inomata, 1998, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 49 (1): 3
  • E. v. thycana Wallace, 1869

    • Elymnias thycana Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 323; TL: India

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) vasudeva thycana; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 247
  • E. v. deva (Moore, 1893) Assam

    • Mimadelias deva Moore, 1893; Lepidoptera Indica 2 (19): 167, pl. 142, f. 2, 2a; TL: Assam, Khasia Hills

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) vasudeva thycana f. deva; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 247
    • Elymnias vasudeva deva; [Torben B. Larsen]
  • E. v. burmensis (Moore, 1893) S.Yunnan, Burma, ...

    • Mimadelias burmensis Moore, 1893; Lepidoptera Indica 2 (19): 168, pl. 143, f. 1, 1a-e; TL: Burma, Tenasserim

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) vasudeva burmensis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 248
    • Elymnias vasudeva burmensis; [Torben B. Larsen]
  • E. v. oberthuri Fruhstorfer, 1902 Siam

    • Elymnias oberthüri Fruhstorfer, 1902; Soc. Ent. 17 (11): 82; TL: Siam, Renong

    • Elymnias (Mimadelias) vasudeva oberthüri; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 248
  • E. v. sinensis Chou, Zhang & Xie, 2000 Yunnan

    • Elymnias vacudeva[sic] sinensis Chou, Zhang & Xie, 2000; Entomotaxonomia 22 (3): 224, 228, f. 7-8; TL: Yunnan
• Elymnias vitellia (Stoll, [1781]) Moluccas

  • Papilio vitellia Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 116, pl. 349, f. E, F

  • Elymnias vitellia; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 230
  • E. v. vitellia Ambon, Saparua, Serang

    • Elymnias vitellia ceramensis Martin, 1909; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22 (1): 65; TL: Ceram

    • Elymnias vitellia ceramensis; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 124
    • Elymnias vitellia vitellia; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 230; [BAUR], 280
  • E. v. viminalis Wallace, 1869 Buru

    • Elymnias viminalis Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 328; TL: Buru

    • Elymnias vitellia viminalis; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 230; Okubo, 2010, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 60 (4): 257

• Elymnias detanii Aoki & Uémura, 1982 Flores I.. See [maps]

  • Elymnias detanii Aoki & Uémura, 1982; Butts SE Asian Islands, 3: -; TL: Flores
• Elymnias tamborana Okubo, 2010 Sumbawa. See [maps]

  • Elymnias tamborana Okubo, 2010; Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 60 (4): 255; TL: Mt. Ngegep, Sumbawa I., Lesser Sunda Islands

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