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Palmflies
Elymnias
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).
50 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Palmfly
speciesElymnias hypermnestra
Tailed Palmfly
speciesElymnias caudata
Tawny Palmfly
speciesElymnias panthera
Tiger Palmfly
speciesElymnias nesaea
Spotted Palmfly
speciesElymnias malelas
palmfly
speciesElymnias agondas
Blue-striped Palmfly
speciesElymnias patna
African Palmfly
speciesElymnias bammakoo
Pointed palmfly
speciesElymnias penanga
Elymnias casiphone
speciesElymnias casiphone
White-banded Palmfly
speciesElymnias dara
Jezebel Palmfly
speciesElymnias vasudeva
Dried-leaf Palmfly
speciesElymnias saueri
Elymnias melias
speciesElymnias melias
Phallic palmfly
speciesElymnias pealii
Green Palmfly
speciesElymnias esaca
Elymnias hicetas
speciesElymnias hicetas
Chestnut Palmfly
speciesElymnias obnubila
Blue Purple Palmfly
speciesElymnias cumaea
Elymnias beza
speciesElymnias beza
Elymnias sansoni
speciesElymnias sansoni
Elymnias resplendens
speciesElymnias resplendens
Elymnias hewitsoni
speciesElymnias hewitsoni
Elymnias kuenstleri
speciesElymnias kuenstleri
Elymnias ceryxoides
speciesElymnias ceryxoides
Elymnias parce
speciesElymnias parce
Kinabalu Palmfly
speciesElymnias pellucida
Elymnias ceryx
speciesElymnias ceryx
Elymnias vitellia
speciesElymnias vitellia
Elymnias mimalon
speciesElymnias mimalon
Sri Lankan Palmfly
speciesElymnias singhala
Elymnias cybele
speciesElymnias cybele
Elymnias bornemanni
speciesElymnias bornemanni
Elymnias congruens
speciesElymnias congruens
Black Palmfly
speciesElymnias harterti
Elymnias saola
speciesElymnias saola
Elymnias casiphonides
speciesElymnias casiphonides
Elymnias paradoxa
speciesElymnias paradoxa
Elymnias holofernes
speciesElymnias holofernes
Elymnias nepheronides
speciesElymnias nepheronides
Elymnias phrikonis
speciesElymnias phrikonis
Elymnias kochi
speciesElymnias kochi
Elymnias papua
speciesElymnias papua
Elymnias miyagawai
speciesElymnias miyagawai
Elymnias nelsoni
speciesElymnias nelsoni
Elymnias amoena
speciesElymnias amoena
Elymnias kanekoi
speciesElymnias kanekoi
Elymnias luteofasciata
speciesElymnias luteofasciata
Elymnias sangira
speciesElymnias sangira
Elymnias umbratilis
speciesElymnias umbratilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51783.