New Guinea, Australia. See [About maps]
Palm Fly
Larva on Calamus caryotoides K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)
-. See [About maps]
Elymnias bammakoo Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 405 note, pl. 68, f. 3
Philippines. See [About maps]
Melanitis beza Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 13 : 179, TL: Philippines, Mindanao
N.Borneo. See [About maps]
brookei Shelford, 1904; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 102
Malaya, Java, Burma. See [About maps]
Elymnias casiphone Geyer, [1827]; in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : pl. [9]
-. See [About maps]
casiphonides Semper, 1892; Reisen Philipp. (7): 330, TL: Mindanao
S.India. See [About maps]
Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 1871 : 520, pl. 42, f. 4, TL: Canara
Java, Sumatra. See [About maps]
Melanitis ceryx Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : pl. 9, f. 8, TL: W.Java
-. See [About maps]
Elymnias congruens Semper, 1887; Reisen Philipp. (2): 61
Sulawesi, Celebes. See [About maps]
Elymnias cumaea C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 452, pl. 61, f. 9-10
N.Moluccas. See [About maps]
Melanitis cybele C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (8): 248, TL: Batschian|
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 ; |
Burma, Malaya, Java, Sumatra. See [About maps]
Elymnias dara Distant & Pryer, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109): 50, TL: N.Borneo
-. See [About maps]
Melanitis esaca Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 405 nota, TL: Malacca
Peninsular Malaya. See [About maps]
Elymnias harterti Honrath, 1889; Berl. ent. Z. 33 (1): 165, (2): pl. 2, f. 2, TL: Perak, Malaysia
Celebes. See [About maps]
Hewitson's Palmfly
Celebes. See [About maps]
Elymnias hicetas Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 327 ♂, TL: Macassar, S.Celebes
New Britain, Duke of York?, New Ireland?. See [About maps]
Dyctis holofernes Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (55): 42, TL: Duke-of-York I.
Peninsular India, Dun - Bengal, Madya Pradesh, Assam, Burma, Ceylon. See [About maps]
Common Palmfly
identification uncertain 769x515 (~83Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko
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769x513 (~101Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko
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600x400 (~50Kb) upperside India: Guwahati, 18.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
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600x400 (~45Kb) underside India: Guwahati, 18.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
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Female mimics Danaus chrysippus, Danaus plexippus ( [BIR]) and Euploea ( [EOB]).
Larva on Arenga engleri, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, Cocos nucifera, Livistona chinensis, Phoenix humilis [MRS]
358x326 (~26Kb) underside Kolkata (Old name Culcutta), West bengal state of India, 12 November 2003 appx. at 1100 hrs, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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-. See [About maps]
Elymnias kamara Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1 : 239, TL: Java
Philippines (Negros). See [About maps]
kanekoi Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980²; Mem. Tsukada Coll. 2: 14
-. See [About maps]
Elymnias künstleri Honrath, [1885]; Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2) : 276, pl. 8, f. 3
Philippines (SE.Mindanao). See [About maps]
luteofasciata Okubo, 1980²; Trans. Lep. Soc. Jap. 31 (1-2): 60
NW.India, Sikkim. See [About maps]
Spotted Palmfly
Mimics Euploea mulciber [BIR].
Larva on Trachycarpus forturei, Musa paradisiaca var. sapientum [MRS]
-. See [About maps]
Melanitis melias C. & R. Felder, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (4) : 120, TL: Lugban, Burias
Celebes. See [About maps]
Melanitis mimalon Hewitson, 1861; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1861 : 52, pl. 9, f. 1-2, TL: Manado, Celebes
Flores. See [About maps]
Elymnias nepheronides Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 228, TL: Flores
Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Malaya, Java. See [About maps]
Tiger Palmfly
Mimics Danaus aglea [BIR].
Larva on Calamus spp., Trachycarpus forturei, Cocos nucifera [MRS]
Burma. See [About maps]
Elymnias obnubila Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883; Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (2): 265, 272
Malaya, Java. See [About maps]
Papilio panthera Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 39, no. 407
-. See [About maps]
Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 329, TL: New GuineaRememblance, male to Hypolimnas pithoeka, female to Euploea cerberus Joicey & Noakes, 1915, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2) : 193
E.New Guinea. See [About maps]
Elymnias paradoxa Staudinger, 1894; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1) : 116Passable copy of Graphium thule f. leuthe. [BAUR]
Kumaon - Assam, Sikkim, N.Burma. See [About maps]
Blue-striped Palmfly
Mimics Euploea harrisi. [BIR]
Assam. See [About maps]
Peal's Palmfly
N.Borneo. See [About maps]
Elymnias pellucida Fruhstorfer, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (11): 168, TL: N.Borneo
Assam, Burma, Malaya. See [About maps]
Pointed Palmfly
W.Africa. See [About maps]
Elymniopsis lise Hemming, 1960; Annot. lep. (1): 30 (repl. Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793)
Ceylon. See [About maps]
Ceylon Palmfly
-. See [About maps]
Jezebel Palmfly
Probably a mimic of Delias descombesi [BIR], Delias pasithoe [BOR].
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