P. elegans may refer to any of the following species:Phaps elegans, the brush bronzewing, a bird Phlebolepis elegans, a prehistoric jawless fish Piperia elegans, the elegant piperia, coast piperia, hillside rein orchid or hillside bogorchid, an orchid native to western North America Plagiorchis elegans, a parasitic trematode (fluke) Platycercus elegans, the crimson rosella, a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island Platycraniellus elegans, an extinct species of non-mammalian synapsids Platypodium elegans, the graceful platypodium, a large tree found in the Neotropics Plestiodon elegans, the five-striped blue-tailed skink or Shanghai skink, a lizard found in East Asia Poiretia elegans, a flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in Brazil Polyscias elegans, the celery wood, a rainforest tree found in eastern Australia Pomatias elegans, the round-mouthed snail, a small land snail Prioniodus elegans, a conodont Protaetia elegans, a flower chafer found in Taiwan Psychopyge elegans, a trilobite Ptychosperma elegans, the Alexander palm, solitaire palm, cabbage palm or elegant palm, a palm endemic to Australia Parasagitta elegans, an arrow worm