Elymnias penanga

Elymnias penanga, the pointed palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Elymnias penanga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. penanga
Binomial name
Elymnias penanga
(Westwood, 1851) [1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis penanga Westwood, 1851
  • Melaninis mehida Hewitson, 1863
  • Elymnias abrisa Distant, 1886
  • Elymnias penanga penanga f. hislopi Eliot, 1967
  • Elymnias penanga f. immaculata Martin, 1909
  • Elymnias penanga f. johnsoni Talbot, 1929
  • Elymnias sumatrana Wallace, 1869
  • Elymnias konga Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Elymnias borneensis Grose-Smith, 1892
  • Elymnias penanga trepsichroides Shelford, 1904
  • Elymnias penanga konga f. mehidina Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Elymnias penanga konga f. ptychandrina Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Elymnias chelensis de Nicéville, 1890

Subspecies
  • Elymnias penanga penanga (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Langkawi)
  • Elymnias penanga sumatrana Wallace, 1869 (Sumatra)
  • Elymnias penanga konga Grose-Smith, 1889 (Borneo)
  • Elymnias penanga chelensis de Nicéville, 1890 (Assam to Tenasserim, possibly Thailand)

References
  1. Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O. 1850–1852, The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera 2. pp. 251–534, pls. 31–80 + suppl. pl. London.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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