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
Listed alphabetically.
- Elymnias agondas <small>(Boisduval, 1832)</small> â palmfly
- Elymnias amoena <small>Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979</small>
- Elymnias beza <small>(Hewitson, 1877)</small>
- Elymnias brookei <small>Shelford, 1904</small>
- Elymnias casiphone <small>Geyer, [1827]</small>
- Elymnias casiphonides <small>Semper, 1892</small>
- Elymnias caudata <small>Butler, 1871</small>
- Elymnias ceryx <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>
- Elymnias congruens <small>Semper, 1887</small>
- Elymnias cottonis <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small>
- Elymnias cumaea <small>C. & R. Felder, [1867]</small>
- Elymnias cybele <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1860)</small>
- Elymnias dara <small>Distant & Pryer, 1887</small>
- Elymnias detanii <small>Aoki & Uémura, 1982</small>
- Elymnias esaca <small>(Westwood, 1851)</small>
- Elymnias harterti <small>Honrath, 1889</small>
- Elymnias hewitsoni <small>Wallace, 1869</small> â Hewitson's palmfly
- Elymnias hicetas <small>Wallace, 1869</small>
- Elymnias holofernes <small>(Butler, 1882)</small>
- Elymnias hypermnestra <small>(Linnaeus, 1763)</small> â common palmfly
- Elymnias kamara <small>Moore, [1858]</small>
- Elymnias kanekoi <small>Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980</small>
- Elymnias kuenstleri <small>Honrath, [1885]</small>
- Elymnias lise <small>(Hemming, 1960)</small>
- Elymnias luteofasciata <small>Okubo, 1980</small>
- Elymnias malelas <small>(Hewitson, 1863)</small>
- Elymnias melias <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1863)</small>
- Elymnias mimalon <small>(Hewitson, 1861)</small>
- Elymnias nelsoni <small>Corbet, 1942</small>
- Elymnias nepheronides <small>Fruhstorfer, 1907</small>
- Elymnias nesaea <small>(Linnaeus, 1764)</small> â tiger palmfly
- Elymnias obnubila <small>Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883</small>
- Elymnias panthera <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small> â tawny palmfly
- Elymnias papua <small>Wallace, 1869</small>
- Elymnias paradoxa <small>Staudinger, 1894</small>
- Elymnias patna <small>(Westwood, 1851)</small> â blue-striped palmfly
- Elymnias pealii <small>Wood-Mason, 1883</small> â Peal's palmfly
- Elymnias pellucida <small>Fruhstorfer, 1895</small>
- Elymnias penanga <small>(Westwood, 1851)</small> â pointed palmfly
- Elymnias sangira <small>Fruhstorfer, 1899</small>
- Elymnias singhala <small>Moore, [1875]</small> â Ceylon palmfly
- Elymnias tamborana <small>Okubo, 2010</small>
- Elymnias vasudeva <small>Moore, 1857</small> â Jezebel palmfly
- Elymnias vitellia <small>(Stoll, [1781])</small>
Formerly in Elymnias:
Mimicry
Several species are mimics:
See also
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