Elymnias agondas
Species of butterfly
Elymnias agondas
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In Übersee-Museum Bremen
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Nymphalidae
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Genus:
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Elymnias
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Species:
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E. agondas
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Binomial name
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Elymnias agondas
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Synonyms
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- Dyctis agondas Boisduval, 1832
- Elymnias (Dyctis) meletus de Nicéville, 1902
- Elymnias (Dyctis) melitia de Nicéville, 1902
- Elymnias agondas muscosa Fruhstorfer, 1907
- Elymnias agondas tampyra Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Elymnias agondas hagias Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Elymnias agondas multocellata van Eecke, 1915
- Dyctis bioculatus Westwood, 1850
- Melanitis melane Hewitson, 1858
- Elymnias (Dyctis) mela de Nicéville, 1902
- Elymnias melantho Wallace, 1869
- Elymnias agondas moranda Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Elymnias glaucopis Staudinger, 1894
- Elymnias melanippe Grose-Smith, 1894
- Elymnias melanthes Grose-Smith, 1897
- Elymnias agondas melanthes f. infernalis Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Elymnias agondas melanthes f. virginalis Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Elymnias agondas melagondas f. taenarides Fruhstorfer, 1914
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Elymnias agondas, the palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is endemic to New Guinea and neighbouring Cape York in the Australasian realm.[2]
Subspecies
- E. a. agondas (Salawati)
- E. a. bioculatus Hewitson, 1851 (New Guinea: Arfak)
- E. a. melane Hewitson, 1858 (Kai Island)
- E. a. melantho Wallace, 1869 (Gagi Island, Gam Island, Waigeu)
- E. a. glaucopis Staudinger, 1894 (Northeast New Guinea)
- E. a. melanippe Grose-Smith, 1894 (German New Guinea)
- E. a. melanthes Grose-Smith, 1897 (Woodlark Island, Goodenough Island)
- E. a. melagondas Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Papua - South New Guinea)
- E. a. australiana Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Cape York, North Queensland: Claudie River)
- E. a. aruana Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Aru)
- E. a. goramensis Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Goram)
- E. a. dampierensis Rothschild, 1915 (Dampier Island)
Biology
The larva feeds on Calamus caryotoides.
References
- ^ Boisduval, 1832 Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptères in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1: 1-267, pl. 1-5
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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