Elymnias

Palmflies
Elymnias hypermenstra undularis
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Arthropoda
Kelas:	Insecta
Ordo:	Lepidoptera
Famili:	Nymphalidae
Tribus:	Elymniini
Subtribus:	Elymniina
Genus:	Elymnias Hübner, 1818[1]
Spesies tipe
Elymnias jynx Hübner, 1818
Sinonim
Didonis Hübner, [1819] Dyctis Boisduval, 1832 Agrusia Moore, 1894 Bruasa Moore, 1894 Melynias Moore, 1894 Mimadelias Moore, 1894 Elymniopsis Fruhstorfer, 1907

Elymnias atau palmfly adalah genus kupu-kupu Asia yang umum ditemukan dari India hingga Kepulauan Solomon. Ulatnya menyerupai daun yang mereka makan. Dewasanya menyerupai beberapa spesies (contohnya: E. cumaea mirip dengan Melanitis leda).

Species

Diurut bedasarkan abjad dengan nama umum Inggris.^[2]

• Elymnias agondas (Boisduval, 1832) – palmfly
• Elymnias amoena Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979
• Elymnias beza (Hewitson, 1877)
• Elymnias brookei Shelford, 1904
• Elymnias casiphone Geyer, [1827]
• Elymnias casiphonides Semper, 1892
• Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871
• Elymnias ceryx (Boisduval, 1836)
• Elymnias congruens Semper, 1887
• Elymnias cottonis (Hewitson, 1874)
• Elymnias cumaea C. & R. Felder, [1867]
• Elymnias cybele (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
• Elymnias dara Distant & Pryer, 1887
• Elymnias detanii Aoki & Uémura, 1982
• Elymnias esaca (Westwood, 1851)
• Elymnias harterti Honrath, 1889
• Elymnias hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 – Hewitson's palmfly
• Elymnias hicetas Wallace, 1869
• Elymnias holofernes (Butler, 1882)
• Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763) – common palmfly
• Elymnias kamara Moore, [1858]
• Elymnias kanekoi Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980
• Elymnias kuenstleri Honrath, [1885]
• Elymnias lise (Hemming, 1960)
• Elymnias luteofasciata Okubo, 1980
• Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863)
• Elymnias melias (C. & R. Felder, 1863)
• Elymnias mimalon (Hewitson, 1861)
• Elymnias nelsoni Corbet, 1942
• Elymnias nepheronides Fruhstorfer, 1907
• Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764) – tiger palmfly
• Elymnias obnubila Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883
• Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) – tawny palmfly
• Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869
• Elymnias paradoxa Staudinger, 1894
• Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851) – blue-striped palmfly
• Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, 1883 – Peal's palmfly
• Elymnias pellucida Fruhstorfer, 1895
• Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851) – pointed palmfly
• Elymnias sangira Fruhstorfer, 1899
• Elymnias singhala Moore, [1875] – Ceylon palmfly
• Elymnias tamborana Okubo, 2010
• Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857 – Jezebel palmfly
• Elymnias vitellia (Stoll, [1781])

Sebeleumnya di Elymnias:

• Elymniopsis bammakoo Westwood, 1851 – African palmfly

Mimikri

Beberapa spesies menyerupai:

• Taenaris catops – E. agondas
• Euploea mulciber – E. kuenstleri
• Danaus chrysippus – E. hypermnestra
• Idea leuconoe – E. kuenstleri
• Delias pasithoe – E. esaca
• Parantica melaneus – E. ceryx

Lihat pula

• Elymniopsis

Referensi

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