Elymnias
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 – palmfly
- Elymnias amoena Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979
- Elymnias beza
- Elymnias brookei Shelford, 1904
- Elymnias casiphone Geyer,
- Elymnias casiphonides Semper, 1892
- Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871
- Elymnias ceryx
- Elymnias congruens Semper, 1887
- Elymnias cottonis
- Elymnias cumaea C. & R. Felder,
- Elymnias cybele
- Elymnias dara Distant & Pryer, 1887
- Elymnias detanii Aoki & Uémura, 1982
- Elymnias esaca
- Elymnias harterti Honrath, 1889
- Elymnias hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 – Hewitson's palmfly
- Elymnias hicetas Wallace, 1869
- Elymnias holofernes
- Elymnias hypermnestra – common palmfly
- Elymnias kamara Moore,
- Elymnias kanekoi Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980
- Elymnias kuenstleri Honrath,
- Elymnias lise
- Elymnias luteofasciata Okubo, 1980
- Elymnias malelas
- Elymnias melias
- Elymnias mimalon
- Elymnias nelsoni Corbet, 1942
- Elymnias nepheronides Fruhstorfer, 1907
- Elymnias nesaea – tiger palmfly
- Elymnias obnubila Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883
- Elymnias panthera – tawny palmfly
- Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869
- Elymnias paradoxa Staudinger, 1894
- Elymnias patna – blue-striped palmfly
- Elymnias pealii Wood-Mason, 1883 – Peal's palmfly
- Elymnias pellucida Fruhstorfer, 1895
- Elymnias penanga – pointed palmfly
- Elymnias sangira Fruhstorfer, 1899
- Elymnias singhala Moore, – Ceylon palmfly
- Elymnias tamborana Okubo, 2010
- Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857 – Jezebel palmfly
- Elymnias vitellia
- Elymniopsis bammakoo Westwood, 1851 – African palmfly
Mimicry
Several species are mimics:- Taenaris catops – E. agondas
- Euploea mulciber – E. kuenstleri
- Danaus chrysippus – E. hypermnestra
- Idea leuconoe – E. kuenstleri
- Delias pasithoe – E. esaca
- Parantica melaneus – ''E. ceryx''