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Elymnias Hübner, 1818
Palmflies
Elymnias Hübner, 1818; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 12, TS: Elymnias jynx Hübner
Didonis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (2): 17, TS: Papilio vitellia Stoll
= ; [Wahlberg]
Dyctis Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1 : 138, TS: Dyctis agondas Boisduval
Agrusia Moore, 1894; Lepidoptera Indica 2 (18): 144, (19): 169, TS: Melanitis esaca Westwood
Bruasa Moore, 1894; Lepidoptera Indica 2 (18): 144, (19): 164, TS: Melanitis penanga Westwood
Melynias Moore, 1894; Lepidoptera Indica 2 (18): 144, 156, TS: Papilio lais Cramer
Mimadelias Moore, 1894; Lepidoptera Indica 2 (18): 144, (19): 166, TS: Elymnias vasudeva Moore
Elymniopsis Fruhstorfer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 171, 173-174, TS: Papilio phegea Fabricius
Elymnias, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Didonis ; Godman & Salvin, [1883], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 275
Elymnias (Elymniina) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 174; [Wahlberg]
Elymniopsis (Elymniina) ; [Wahlberg]
Elymniopsis (Elymniini) ; [AfrL]

Elymnias agondas (Boisduval, 1832)
New Guinea, Australia. See [About 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, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
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, 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 glaucopsis Staudinger, 1894; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1) : 116, TL: New Guinea
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
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 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, 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)]
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 [About maps] Elymnias bammakoo Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 405 note, pl. 68, f. 3
Elymnias bammakoo, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Elymniopsis bammakoo ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 174; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 115, f. 12]; [AfrL]
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 ratrayi ; [BAFR, 166]
Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi ; [AfrL]
Elymniopsis rattrayi ; [EBW, (name only)]
Elymniopsis ugandae ; [BOW: pl. 115, f. 15]

Elymnias beza (Hewitson, 1877)
Philippines. See [About 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]
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) beza samarana ; [BOR, 475]

Elymnias brookei Shelford, 1904
N.Borneo. See [About maps] brookei Shelford, 1904; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 102
Elymnias brookei ; [BOR, 482]

Elymnias casiphone Geyer, [1827]
Malaya, Java, Burma. See [About maps] Elymnias casiphone Geyer, [1827]; in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : pl. [9]
Elymnias casiphone, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
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]
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 casiphone 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
Elymnias casiphone praetexta ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 210, pl. 7, f. 3; [BOR, 478]

Elymnias casiphonides Semper, 1892
-. See [About maps] casiphonides Semper, 1892; Reisen Philipp. (7): 330, TL: Mindanao
Elymnias casiphonides ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 212; [BOR, 478]
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 [About maps] Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 1871 : 520, pl. 42, f. 4, TL: Canara
Elymnias hypermnestra caudata ; [BIR]
Elymnias cuadata ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 183
Elymnias caudata ; [BOW: pl. 163, f. 3]; [BOR, 476]

Elymnias ceryx (Boisduval, 1836)
Java, Sumatra. See [About maps] Melanitis ceryx Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : pl. 9, f. 8, TL: W.Java
Elymnias ceryx ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 212; [BOW: pl. 163, f. 4]; [BOR, 481]
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 [About maps] Elymnias congruens Semper, 1887; Reisen Philipp. (2): 61
Elymnias congruens ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 198; [BOR, 476]
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 ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 183; [BOW: pl. 163, f. 5]; [BOR, 476]
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 [About maps] Elymnias cumaea C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 452, pl. 61, f. 9-10
Elymnias cumaea ; 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
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, 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 [About 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]
Bachan, Ternate, Halmahera Dyctis astrifera Butler, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 425, TL: Batchian
= ; 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 1 : 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 [About 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]
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 [About 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 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
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) (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 [About 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]
Elymnias harterti harterti ; [BMP: 123, pl. 14, f. 11-12]

Elymnias hewitsoni Wallace, 1869
Celebes. See [About 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
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 (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; [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 [About 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
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 [About maps] Dyctis holofernes Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (55): 42, TL: Duke-of-York I.
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 [About 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 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, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 187, 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, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
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]
[hypermnestra-1vU.jpg] identification uncertain 769x515 (~83Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko [hypermnestra-2v.jpg] 769x513 (~101Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko [hypermnestra-3u.jpg] 600x400 (~50Kb) upperside India: Guwahati, 18.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
[hypermnestra-3v.jpg] 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]


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 ; 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.)
[undularis-1v.jpg] 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
hypermnestra r. fraterna ; [BIR]
Elymnias hypermnestra fraterna ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 179; [BOR, 475]
E. h. tinctoria Moore, [1879]
Thailand, N.Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi Elymnias tinctoria Moore, [1879]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 826, TL: Myanmar
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]
[tinctoria-1fav.jpg] 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 [tinctoria-1fbv.jpg] 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 [tinctoria-1mv.jpg] 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

E. h. hainana Moore, 1878
Hainan Elymnias hainana Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 696, TL: Hainan
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 hypermnestra tonkiniana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
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
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 hypermnestra agina, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Elymnias nigrescens agina ;
Elymnias nigrescens beatrice ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 188
Elymnias hypermnestra agina ; [BMP: 121, pl. 14, f. 10]
[agina-1mav.jpg] 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 [agina-1mbv.jpg] 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 [About maps] Elymnias kamara Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1 : 239, TL: Java
Elymnias kamara ; [BOR, 479]
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 [About maps] kanekoi Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980²; Mem. Tsukada Coll. 2: 14
Elymnias kanekoi ; [BOR, 486 (text)]

Elymnias kuenstleri Honrath, [1885]
-. See [About maps] Elymnias künstleri 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 ;
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: 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 (2) (3): 43, TL: Java
Elymnias künstleri gauroides ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 213
Elymnias kuenstleri gauroides ; [BOR, 481]

Elymnias luteofasciata Okubo, 1980²
Philippines (SE.Mindanao). See [About maps] luteofasciata Okubo, 1980²; Trans. Lep. Soc. Jap. 31 (1-2): 60
Elymnias luteofasciata ; [BOR, 486 (text only)]

Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863)
NW.India, Sikkim. See [About 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 malelas, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
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 [About 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]
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 [About 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
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: 612, TL: Mentawei I.
Elymnias nelsoni ; [BOR, 479]

Elymnias nepheronides Fruhstorfer, 1907
Flores. See [About 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 [About maps] Tiger Palmfly
Papilio nesaea Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 302, TL: "Asia" [Java]
Elymnias nesaea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
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]

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]; in de Nicéville & Martin, 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 [About 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 [About maps] Papilio panthera Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 39, no. 407
Elymnias panthera, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Elymnias panthera ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 216; [BOW: pl. 164, f. 8]; [BOR, 473]
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, 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 : 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; in Corbet & Pendlebury, 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 : 80, TL: Sabang

Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869
-. See [About 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
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 cerberus Joicey & 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 [About maps] Elymnias paradoxa Staudinger, 1894; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1) : 116
Elymnias erastus Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (3): 588
= ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 246
Elymnias paradoxa ; 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 [About 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]

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, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
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]; in de Nicéville & Martin, 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 [About 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 [About 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 [About 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]
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]
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. Witley 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
= ; [NHM]
Elymnias penanga terpsichroides Shelford, 1904; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 105
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
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 [About maps] Elymniopsis lise Hemming, 1960; Annot. lep. (1): 30 (repl. Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793)
Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 132 (preocc. Papilio phegea Borkhausen, 1788)
Elymniopsis phegea ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 174; [BOW: pl. 115, f. 14]
W.Africa Elymniopsis phegea phegea ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 174
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 [About maps] Ceylon Palmfly
Elymnias singhala Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 568, TL: Colombo, Ceylon
Elymnias singhala ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 224; [BOW: pl. 165, f. 4]; [BOR, 482]

Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857
-. See [About 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 ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 165, f. 5]; [BOR, 486]

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

Sikkim Elymnias (Mimadelias) vasudeva vasudeva ; Fruhstorfer, 1907, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (3): 247
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

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
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


Unknown or unplaced taxa

Elymniopsis bammakoo var. hybrida Niepelt, 1916; in Strand, Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 13, pl. 16, f. 1, TL: Kassai, Congo

Elymnias nigrescens dohertyi Fruhstorfer, 1902; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2) : 273 (Rothschild i.l.), TL: Ende I.

Elymnias smithi Moulton, 1915; Entomologist 48 : 98, pl. 6, f. 1-2, TL: Sarawak, (nr.?) Mt. Molu

Elymnias merula Swinhoe, 1915; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 16 (93) : 171, TL: Kandy, Ceylon
Elymnias merula ; [NHM]


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[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BMP]
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[BOR]
D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
[BOW]
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[Don Herbison-Evans]
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[EBW]
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[EOB]
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[HBN]
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[Kedar Tokekar]
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[LAMAS-2005]
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[LAMAS-NEO]
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[MRS]
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[NHM]
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[Wahlberg]
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[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


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de Nicéville, 1898
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van Eecke, 1915
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Fruhstorfer, 1894
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Fruhstorfer, 1895
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Fruhstorfer, 1895
Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem malayischen Archipel. III & IV Ent. Nachr. 21 (11): 168-171 ([1] June), (12/13): 196-197 (June-July)
Fruhstorfer, 1896
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Fruhstorfer, 1896
Lepidopteren aus Lombok und Bali. V Soc. Ent. 11 (18): 147-148 (15 December)
Fruhstorfer, 1898
Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem Indo-malayischen Archipel Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4) : 311-343 (mid July)
Fruhstorfer, 1898
Neue asiatische Lepidopteren Ent. Zs. 12 (14) : 99-100 (15 October)
Fruhstorfer, 1898
Neue Lepidopteren aus Asien Berl. Ent. Zs. 43 (1/2) : 175-199 (mid November)
Fruhstorfer, 1899
Neue asiatische Lepidopteren Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2) : 49-64 (mid July)
Fruhstorfer, 1900
Neue Elymnias aus dem australischen Gebiet Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12) : 339-342 (April)
Fruhstorfer, 1902
Elymnias undularis meridionalis nov. subspec. Soc. Ent. 16 (22) : 169-170 (15 February)
Fruhstorfer, 1902
Neue und seltene Lepidopteren aus Annam und Tonkin und dem malayischen Archipel Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2) : 265-276, pl. 5 (1 March)
Fruhstorfer, 1902
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Fruhstorfer, 1903
Neue Papilioformen und andere Lepidopteren aus Ost-Asien und dem malayischen Archipel Dt. ent. Z. Iris 15 (2) : 306-315 (1 May)
Fruhstorfer, 1904
Neue Elymnias aus dem Papua-Gebiet Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (2) : 321-323 (20 March)
Fruhstorfer, 1904
Neue Elymnias aus Celebes und dessen Satellit-Inseln Soc. Ent. 19 (7): 53-54 (1 July), (8): 60-61 (15 July)
Fruhstorfer, 1904
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Fruhstorfer, 1906
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Fruhstorfer, 1906
Neue Schmetterlinge von den Batu-Inseln Ent. Zs. 20 (18): 121-122 (8 August), (19): 131-132 (15 August), (21): 145-146 (1 September)
Fruhstorfer, 1907
Monographie der Elymniinae Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1/2): pl. 5 (1 August), (3): 157-252, pl. 7 (12 October), (4): pl. 8 (26 February 1908)
Fruhstorfer, 1911
4. Familie: Satyridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 285-288 (14 February, 1911), : 289-296 (15 February, 1911), : 297-304 (22 February, 1911), : 305-312 (23 February, 1911), : 313-328 (before 25 April, 1911), : 329-336 (before 2 May, 1911), : 337-344 (before 9 May, 1911), : 345-352 (before 23 May, 1911), : 353-360 (before 30 May, 1911), : 361-368 (before 7 June, 1911), : 369-376 (before 13 June, 1911), : 377-384 (before 20 June, 1911), : 385-392 (before 27 June, 1911), : 393-400 (24 July), : 401 (15 August)
Fruhstorfer, 1914
Neue Satyriden Ent. Rundschau 31 (5) : 25-26 (14 March)
Godart, 1819
in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
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Grose-Smith, 1892
Descriptions of Three new Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. D. Cator in British North Borneo, in the Collection of Mr. Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (60) : 426-428
Grose-Smith, 1894
An Account of a Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera from New Guinea (Parts I-III) - made by Mr. W. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, and in neighbouring islands, in the Museum of the honourable Walter Rothschild at Tring, with descriptions of new species Novit. zool. 1 (2): 331-365, (2): 543-551, (3): 571-584
Grose-Smith, 1894
Descriptions of nine new species of butterflies, from the Sattelberg, near Finsch Hafen, German New Guinea, in the collections of the Honourable Walter Rothschild and H. Grose Smith, captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton Novit. Zool. 1 (3): 585-590
Grose-Smith, 1897
Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies from the Pacific Islands Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (6) 19 : 172-180
Grünberg, 1908
Neue Lepidopteren aus Uganda S.B. Ges naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908 : 50-62, pl. 2-4
Hagen, 1896
Beitrag zur kenntnis der Rhopaloceren-fauna der Insel Bawean Jahrb. Nass. Nat. 49 : 173-188, pl. 4
Hagen, 1897
Verzeichniss der in den Jahren 1893-95 von mir in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland und Neupommern gesammelten Tagschmetterlinge Jarhb. Nass. Ver. Nat. 50 : 23-96
Hewitson, 1863
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [4] : (Systematic Index) IV, (Clerome): [1-2], pl. [1] (1863), (Drusilla & Hyantis): [3-4], pl. [2] (1862), (Dasyophthalma & Thaumantis): [5-6], pl. [3] (1862), (Morpho I): [7-8], pl. [4] (1856), (Pavonia I-II): [9-10], pl. [5-6] (1877), (Opsiphanes): [11-12], pl. [7] (1873), (Corades): [13-14], pl. [8] (1863), (Pronophila): [15-16], pl. [9] (1857), (Pronophila II): [17-18], pl. [10] (1860), (Pronophila III-IV): [19-22], pl. [11-12] (1868), (Pronophila V): [23-24], pl. [13] (1871), (Pronophila VI-VII): [25-28], pl. [14-15] (1872), (Pronophila VIII-IX): [29-32], pl. [16-17] (1874), (Debis I): [33-34], pl. [18] (1862), (Debis II-III): [35-38], pl. [19-20] (1863), (Haetera): [39-40], pl. [21] (1860), (Daedalma): [41-42], pl. [22] (1858), (Euptychia & Ragadia): [43-44], pl. [23] (1862), (Hypocista): [45-46], pl. [24] (1863), (Mycalesis I-IV): [47-54], pl. [25-28] (1862), (Mycalesis V-VI): [55-58], pl. [29-30] (1864), (Mycalesis VII-VIII): [59-62], pl. [31-32] (1866), (Mycalesis IX): [63-64], pl. [33] (1873), (Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65-66], pl. [34] (1877), (Idiomorphus): [67-68], pl. [35] (1865), (Melanitis): [69-70], pl. [36] (1863), (Taxila): [71-72], pl. [37] (1861), (Taxila II): [73-74], pl. [38] (1862), (Sospita): [75-76], pl. [39] (1861), (Sospita II): [77-78], pl. [40] (1862), (Dodona Sospita): [79-80], pl. [41] (1866), (Mesosemia I): [81-82], pl. [42] (1857), (Mesosemia II-III): [83-86], pl. [43-44] (1858), (Mesosemia IV-VI): [87-92], pl. [45-47] (1859), (Mesosemia VII-VIII): [93-96], pl. [48-49] (1860), (Mesosemia IX-X): [97-100], pl. [50-51] (1870), (Mesosemia XI): [101-102], pl. [52] (1871), (Mesosemia XII): [103-104], pl. [53] (1873), (Eurygona I-II): [105-108], pl. [54-55] (1853), (Eurygona III-IV): [109-112], pl. [56-57] (1855), (Eurygona V-VII): [113-118], pl. [58-60] (1856), (Eurygona VIII): [119-120], pl. [61] (1860), (Eurygona IX): [121-122], pl. [62] (1870), (Eurygona X): [123-124], pl. [63] (1872)
Hewitson, 1858
Descriptions of some Butterflies from the Collection of Mr. Wallace Proc. zool. Soc. Lond 1858 : 464-465, pl. 54-55
Hewitson, 1861
Descriptions of some Butterflies from the Collection of Mr. Wallace Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1861 : 50-53, pl. 8-9
Hewitson, 1874
A List of Butterflies, with Descriptions of new Species, from the Andaman Islands Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 14 (83) : 356-358
Hewitson, 1877
Descriptions of two new butterflies from the Philippine Islands Ent. mon. Mag. 13 : 178-179
Honrath, [1885]
Neue Rhoplaocera (3) Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2) : 272-278, pl. 8
Honrath, 1889
Neue Rhopalocera (8) Berl. ent. Z. 33 (1): 161-166, (2): pl. 2 (March 1890)
Horsfield, [1829]
Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 1-80, pl. 1-4 (1828), (2): 81-144, pl. 5-8, (expl.) [1-2] (1829)
Huang & Xue, 2004
A Contribution to the Butterfly Fauna of Southern Yunnan Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 135-154, pl. 11
Geyer, [1827]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 3 ([1827] - [1838]) in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : pl. [9], [11], [21], [26-27], [32], [43], [45] (1827), : pl. [7], [13], [35], [42] (1828), : pl. [20], [22], [37-38] (1829), : pl. [17], [24], [41], [49] (1830), : pl. [30] (1831), : pl. [25], [28], [31], [44], [50-51] (1832), : pl. [5-6], [14-16], [29], [48], [52], [54] (1833), : pl. [1], [12], [18] (1834), : pl. [2-4], [10], [19], [23], [39], [46] (1835), : pl. [40] (1836-1837), : pl. [8], [33-34], [36], [47], [53] (1838)
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
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] (post 22nd December 1818), : pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809), : pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), : pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)
Joicey & Noakes, 1915
New Butterflies and a Moth from Biak Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2) : 177-197, pl. 21-28
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Descriptions of new forms of Lepidoptera from the island of Hainan Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 167-177, pl. 19-24
Kalis, 1933
Bijdrage tot de kennis van de Lepidoptera Rhopalocera van Nederlandsch-Indië Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 47-86
Kirsch, 1877
Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren Fauna von Neu Guinea Mitt. zool. Mus. Dresden 1 : 103-134, 3pls
Linnaeus, 1763
in Johansson (Thesis), Centuria Insectorum Amoenitates Acad., 6: -,(121) 384-415
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]
Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883
The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon, a descriptive Handbook of all the known Species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that Region, with Notices of allied Species occurring in the neighbouring Countries along the Border, with numerous Illustrations. Vol. 1 Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1 (1): 1-94, pl. 1-9 (1882), (2): 95-327, pl. 10-17 (1883)
Martin, 1909
Kritische Besprechung der Fruhstorfer'schen Monographie der Elymniinae Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22 (1) : 36-73
Moore, 1857; Moore, [1858]
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Moore, [1875]
Descriptions of new Asiatic Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 565-579, pl. 66-67
Moore, 1878
List of Lepidopterous Insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 695-708
Moore, [1879]
A list of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 821-859, pl. 51-53 (1879)
Moore, 1886
List of the Lepidoptera of Mergui and its Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1) : 29-60, pl. 3-4
Moore, 1893; Moore, 1894
Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera. Family Nymphalidae. Sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina) Lepidoptera Indica 2 (13): 1-32, pl. 95-100 (1893), (14): 33-64, pl. 101-107 (1893), (15): 65-88, pl. 108-114 (1893), (16): 89-112, pl. 115-122 (1893), (17): 113-136, pl. 123-130 (1894), (18): 137-160, pl. 131-138 (1894), (19): 161-176, pl. 139-146 (1894), (20): 177-192, pl. 147-154 (1895), (21): 193-208, pl. 155-162 (1895), (22): 209-232, pl. 163-170 (1895), (23): 233-248, pl. 171-180 (1895), (24): 249-274, pl. 181-190 ([1896])
Moulton, 1915
Some undescribed Bornean Nymphalidae Entomologist 48 : 97-100, pl. 6
Ribbe, 1889
Einige neue Schmetterlinge von Banggaja Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 183-185, pl. 3
Riley, 1923
New Rhopalocera from Borneo Entomologist 56 (2): 35-38, pl. 1
Riley, 1932
Description of new Siamese Rhopalocera J. Siam. Soc. 8 (4, Suppl.) : 249-254, pl. 22
Rothschild, 1915
On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402
Rothschild, 1915
On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227
Röber, 1891
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Indo-Australischen Lepidopteren-Fauna Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334 (1891), 35: 85-86, pl. 3-6 (1892)
Semper, 1887; Semper, 1892
Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886), (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887), (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888), (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889), (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890), (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891), (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892)
Sharma, 2003
Notes on the common palm butterfly, Elymnias hypermnestra undularis (Drury) (Satyrinae) in India J. Lep. Soc. 57 (2): 147-149
Sharpe, 1902
Descriptions of three new butterflies from East Africa Entomologist 35 : 40-42
Snellen, 1902
Mededeedling over de Lepidoptera van de Kangean-eilanden Tijdschr. Ent. 45 : 73-86, pl. 8
Staudinger, 1889
Lepidoptera der Insel Palawan Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 3-180, pl. 1-2
Staudinger, 1894
Ueber neu entdeckte Lepidopteren aus Deutsch Neu-Guinea Dt. ent. Z. Iris 6 (2) : 350-368, pl. 6-7 (1894)
Staudinger, 1894
Bemerkungen über einige Neu-Guinea-Tagschmetterlinge und Beschreibungen einiger neuer Arten Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1) : 101-120
Stoll, [1781]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)
Niepelt in Strand, 1916
Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Lepidoptera aus der Sammlung W. Niepelt Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 1-26, pl. 13-17
Swinhoe, 1915
New Species of Indo-Malayan Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 16 (93) : 170-186
Talbot, 1929
New forms of Malayan Butterflies Bull. Hill Mus. Witley 3 (1): 78-80, pl. 2
Tateishi, 2001
A review of Elymnias esaca Westwood with descriptions of four new subspecies from South East Asia Futao 39: 13-17
Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979
On some species of butterflies from Indonesia and Philippines with the description of new genus, new species and new subspecies Mem. Tsukada Coll. 1: 28pp
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16
Wallace, 1869
Notes on eastern Butterflies (3 parts) Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (1): 77-81, (4): 277-288, 321-349
Wood-Mason, 1883
Description of a new Species of the Lepidopterous Genus Elymnias Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11 : 62, pl. 2
Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881
List of Diurnal Lepidoptera inhabiting the Nicobar Islands J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 50 : 224-238


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