Biology:Elymnias malelas

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Elymnias malelas
Elymnias malelas malelas male - Kho Chang.jpg
E. malelas male - Ko Chang, Thailand
Close wing position of Elymnias malelas Hewitson, 1863 – Spotted Palmfly WLB1E7A1833.jpg
Elymnias malelas malelas in West Bengal, India
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. malelas
Binomial name
Elymnias malelas
(Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis malelas Hewitson, 1863
  • Biblis leucocyma Godart, 1819
  • Elymnias malelas malelas ab. subdecorata Fruhstorfer, 1911

Elymnias malelas, the spotted palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in northern India and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • E. m. malelas (northern India, Sikkim)
  • E. m. ivena Fruhstorfer, 1911 (southern Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam)

Biology

Larvae feed on Trachycarpus fortunei and Musa paradisiaca. The butterfly mimics Euploea mulciber.

References

  1. Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson [4]
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13563574 entry