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The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species.

Species
Listed alphabetically. • 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]) Formerly in Elymnias: • Elymniopsis bammakoo Westwood, 1851 – African palmfly ==Mimicry==
Mimicry
Several species are mimics: • Taenaris catopsE. agondasEuploea mulciberE. kuenstleriDanaus chrysippusE. hypermnestraIdea leuconoeE. kuenstleriDelias pasithoeE. esacaParantica melaneusE. ceryx ==See also==
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