Elymnias patna

Elymnias patna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Elymnias
Species:	E. patna
Binomial name
	Elymnias patna; (Westwood, 1851)
Synonyms
	Melanitis patna Westwood, 1851; Elymnias patna bercovitzi Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Melynias patnoides Moore, 1893; Elymnias hanitschi Martin, 1909; Elymnias (Melynias) dohrnii de Nicéville, 1895;

Elymnias patna, also known as the blue-striped palmfly, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

Taxonomy

This species was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. It, along with Elymnias pealii makes the E. patna species group.^[2]^[3]

Subspecies

As of May 2026, this species contains five subspecies. They are listed below along with their known range:^[3]

Elymnias patna dohrni de Nicéville, 1895 (northern Sumatra)
Elymnias patna hanitchi Martin, 1909 (Peninsular Malaysia)
Elymnias patna patna (Westwood, 1851) (north-western India to Assam, Burma, possibly Thailand)
Elymnias patna patnoides (Moore, 1893) (Burma)
Elymnias patna stictica Fruhstorfer, 1902 (northern Indochina)

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.
1 2 Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
1 2 Wei, Chia-Hsuan; Lohman, David J.; Peggie, Djunijanti; Yen, Shen-Horn (2017-05-25). "An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". ZooKeys (676): 47–152. Bibcode:2017ZooK..676...47W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.676.12579. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5523206. PMID 28769686.

External links

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

[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.

[:0-2] 1 2 Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

[:1-3] 1 2 Wei, Chia-Hsuan; Lohman, David J.; Peggie, Djunijanti; Yen, Shen-Horn (2017-05-25). "An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)". ZooKeys (676): 47–152. Bibcode:2017ZooK..676...47W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.676.12579. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5523206. PMID 28769686.

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