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]
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| E. malelas male - Ko Chang, Thailand | |
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| Elymnias malelas malelas in West Bengal, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Elymnias |
| Species: | E. malelas
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| Elymnias malelas | |
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Subspecies
edit- E. m. malelas (northern India, Sikkim)
- E. m. ivena Fruhstorfer, 1911 (southern Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam)
Biology
editLarvae feed on Trachycarpus fortunei and Musa paradisiaca. The butterfly mimics Euploea mulciber.
References
editExternal links
edit- "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Data related to Elymnias malelas at Wikispecies
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