Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863) is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863)

Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863)

Elymnias malelas, the spotted palmfly, is a Nymphalidae butterfly found in northern India and Indochina.

Family
Genus
Elymnias
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863)

Elymnias malelas, commonly known as the spotted palmfly, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. This species occurs in northern India and Indochina, within the Indomalayan realm.

Photo: (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Elymnias

More from Nymphalidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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