Elymnias agondas

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]

Elymnias agondas
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Elymnias
Species:
E. agondas
Binomial name
Elymnias agondas
(Boisduval, 1832)[1]
Synonyms
  • 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

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.

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References
  1. 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
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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