Elymnias penanga

Elymnias penanga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Elymnias
Species:	E. penanga
Binomial name
	Elymnias penanga; (Westwood, 1851)
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;

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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]

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

^ 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.
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

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

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[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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Elymnias penanga

Scientific 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