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The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from 
"''Elymnias'' Hübner, 1818"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''
Examples of mimicry
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India
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to the Solomon Islands
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. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''Melanitis leda
''Melanitis leda'', the common evening brown, is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in Africa, South Asia and South-east Asia extending to parts of Australia.
Description
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Species
Listed alphabetically.at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''
Elymnias agondas
The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like '' Melanitis leda'').
Species
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'' (Boisduval, 1832) – palmfly
*'' Elymnias amoena'' Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979
*'' Elymnias beza'' (Hewitson, 1877)
*'' Elymnias brookei'' Shelford, 1904
*'' Elymnias casiphone'' Geyer, 827
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*'' Elymnias casiphonides'' Semper, 1892
*'' Elymnias caudata'' Butler, 1871
*'' Elymnias ceryx'' (Boisduval, 1836)
*'' Elymnias congruens'' Semper, 1887
*'' Elymnias cottonis'' (Hewitson, 1874)
*'' Elymnias cumaea'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small>
*'' Elymnias cybele'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
*'' Elymnias dara'' Distant & Pryer, 1887
*'' Elymnias detanii'' Aoki & Uémura, 1982
*'' Elymnias esaca'' (Westwood, 1851)
*'' Elymnias harterti'' Honrath, 1889
*'' Elymnias hewitsoni'' Wallace, 1869 – Hewitson's palmfly
*'' Elymnias hicetas'' Wallace, 1869
*'' Elymnias holofernes'' (Butler, 1882)
*''Elymnias hypermnestra
''Elymnias hypermnestra'', the common palmfly, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.
Description
As in some other species in the genus ''Elymnias'', the common palmfly has a precostal cell in the hindwings and a ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1763) – common palmfly
*'' Elymnias kamara'' Moore, 858
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Europe
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*'' Elymnias kanekoi'' Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980
*'' Elymnias kuenstleri'' Honrath, 885
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Events
By place Europe
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*'' Elymnias lise'' (Hemming, 1960)
*'' Elymnias luteofasciata'' Okubo, 1980
*'' Elymnias malelas'' (Hewitson, 1863)
*''Elymnias melias
The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: '' E. cumaea'' looks like ''Melanitis leda'').
Species
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'' (C. & R. Felder, 1863)
*'' Elymnias mimalon'' (Hewitson, 1861)
*'' Elymnias nelsoni'' Corbet, 1942
*'' Elymnias nepheronides'' Fruhstorfer, 1907
*'' Elymnias nesaea'' (Linnaeus, 1764) – tiger palmfly
*'' Elymnias obnubila'' Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883
*'' Elymnias panthera'' (Fabricius, 1787) – tawny palmfly
*'' Elymnias papua'' Wallace, 1869
*'' Elymnias paradoxa'' Staudinger, 1894
*'' Elymnias patna'' (Westwood, 1851) – blue-striped palmfly
*'' Elymnias pealii'' Wood-Mason, 1883 – Peal's palmfly
*'' Elymnias pellucida'' Fruhstorfer, 1895
*'' Elymnias penanga'' (Westwood, 1851) – pointed palmfly
*'' Elymnias sangira'' Fruhstorfer, 1899
*'' Elymnias singhala'' Moore, 875
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Events
By place
Europe
* August 12 – Emperor Louis II dies in Brescia, after having named his cousin Carloman, son of King Louis th ...
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*'' Elymnias tamborana'' Okubo, 2010
*'' Elymnias vasudeva'' Moore, 1857 – Jezebel palmfly
*'' Elymnias vitellia'' (Stoll, 781
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Formerly in ''Elymnias'':
*'' Elymniopsis bammakoo'' Westwood, 1851 – African palmfly
Mimicry
Several species are mimics: *'' Taenaris catops'' – ''E. agondas'' *''Euploea mulciber
''Euploea mulciber'', the striped blue crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
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'' – ''E. kuenstleri''
*''Danaus chrysippus
''Danaus chrysippus'', also known as the plain tiger, African queen, or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly Family (biology), f ...
'' – ''E. hypermnestra''
*''Idea leuconoe
''Idea leuconoe'', also known as the paper kite butterfly, rice paper butterfly, large tree nymph, is a butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly ...
'' – ''E. kuenstleri''
*''Delias pasithoe
''Delias pasithoe'', the redbase Jezebel is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. The species is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. There has been some dispute for which species the specif ...
'' – ''E. esaca''
*'' Parantica melaneus'' – ''E. ceryx''
See also
* ElymniopsisReferences
External links
Examples of mimicry
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3051879 Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner