Biology:Elymnias papua

Short description: Species of butterfly

Elymnias papua
Elymnias papua cinereomargo in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (figure 5)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Elymnias
Species:	E. papua
Binomial name
Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869
Synonyms
Elymnias viridescens Grose-Smith, 1894 Dyctis viridescens var. kakarona Hagen, 1897 Elymnias viridescens cinereomargo Joicey & Noakes, 1915

Elymnias papua is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1869. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

• E. p. papua (West Irian - Southeast New Guinea)
• E. p. lactentia Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Waigiou)
• E. p. cinereomargo Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)
• E. p. bivittata van Eecke, 1915 (New Guinea)

External links

• "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q13563563 entry