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Elymnias malelas

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Elymnias malelas
Elymnias malelas malelas in West Bengal, India
Scientific classification
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
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