Elymnias

Elymnias hypermnestra

Elymnias nesaea laisides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Elymniini
Subtribus: Elymniina
Genus: Elymnias
Species: E. agondas – E. bammakoo – E. beza – E. casiphone – E. casiphonides – E. ceryx – E. congruens – E. cottonis – E. cumaea – E. cybele – E. dara – E. detanii – E. esaca – E. haterti – E. hewitsoni – E. hicetas – E. holofernes – E. hypermnestra – E. kamara – E. kanekoi – E. kuenstleri – E. luteofasciata – E. malelas – E. melias – E. mimalon – E. miyagawai – E. nelsoni – E. nesaea – E. panthera – E. papua – E. paradoxa – E. patna – E. peali – E. pellucida – E. penanga – E. sangira – E. sansoni – E. saola – E. tamborana – E. vasudeva – E. vitellia

Name

Elymnias Hübner, 1818.

Type species: Elymnias jynx Hübner, 1818, Vol 1: 12.

Synonymy

• Didonis Hübner, [1819]: 17. (TS: Papilio vitellia Stoll, 1781), by selection of Scudder (1875).
• Dyctis Boisduval, 1832: 138. (TS: Dyctis agondas Boisduval, 1832).
• Agrusia Moore, 1894: 169. (TS: Melanitis esaca Westwood, 1851).
• Bruasa Moore, 1894: 164. (TS: Melanitis penanga Westwood, 1851).
• Melynias Moore, 1894: 156. (TS: Papilio lais Cramer, [1777]).
• Mimadelias Moore, 1894: 165. (TS: Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1858).
• Elymniopsis Fruhstorfer, 1907: 173. (TS: Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793). Synonymised by Hemming, 1943.

References

• Aoki, T. & Uémura, Y. 1982. Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of South-east Asian Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Satyridae, with some taxonomie notes. Memoirs of the Tsukada Collection 4: 1–64. Reference page. 
• Abang, F. ; C.G. Treadaway & H.G. Schroeder, 2004: A contribution to the butterfly fauna of the Island of Balambangan (Malaysia, Sabah) (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Futao 47: 6–13.
• Boisduval, J.-A. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris. J Tastu, 267pp, Pls. 1–12. Reference page. 
• Hanafusa, H. 1993: A new subspecific name to Elymnias panthera Fabricius. Futao 13: 8.
• Hanafusa, H. 1994: Ten new butterflies from Indonesia and Laos (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Satyridae, Nymphalidae). Futao 16: 16–20.
• Hanafusa, H. 1994: Eight new butterflies from Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae). Futao 17: 18–23.
• Hanafusa, H. 2001: A new subspecies of Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) from Redang Island, Malaysia (Lepidoptera : Satyridae). Futao 37: 14.
• Hanafusa, H. 2005: A new subspecies of Elymnias haterti (Honrath, 1889) from Sumatra Isl., Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Futao 49: 11.
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• Lohman, D.J., Sarino & Peggie, D. 2020. Syntopic Elymnias agondas aruana female forms mimic different Taenaris model species (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) on Aru, Indonesia. Treubia 47(1): 1–12. Reference page. 
• Medicielo, M.M. & H. Hanafusa 1994: Descriptions of five new butterflies from Philippines and Indonesia with some revisional notes (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Satyridae, Riodinidae). Futao 15: 16–19.
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• Moore, F., 1893–1896. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 2. Rhopalocera: Nymphalidae: Satyrini (cont. ), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Charaxina). 274pp, pls 95-190. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Okubo, K. 2010: A new species of Elymnias Hubner, 1818 (Lepidoptea, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) from Sumbawa Island, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia and a record of E. vitellia viminalis Wallace, 1869. The Lepidopterological Society of Japan 60(4): 255–258. Abstract: [1].
• Saito, K. & Kishi, K. 2012. Description of a new species of Elymnias (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) from Central Vietnam: Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 62: 4–6. Reference page. 
• Suzuki, K.M. 2006: A new subspecies of Elymnias cottonis Hewitson from Little Andaman Is., India (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Futao 52: 13.
• Tateishi, U. 2001: A review of Elymnias esaca Westwood with descriptions of four new subspecies from South East Asia (Lepidoptera: Satyridae). Futao 39: 13–19.
• Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y., 1980. On some species of butterflies from Indonesia and the Philippines with the description of new species and new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Memoirs of the Tsukada Collection 2: 1-23. Reference page. 
• Wei, C-H., Lohman, D.J., Peggie, D. & Yen, S-H. 2017. An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). ZooKeys 676: 47—152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.676.12579. Reference page.