Elymnias casiphone

Elymnias casiphone is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1827. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Elymnias casiphone

In Lepidoptera Indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Elymnias
Species:	E. casiphone
Binomial name
*Elymnias casiphone* Geyer, [1827][1]
Synonyms
Elymnias saueri Distant, 1882

Subspecies

E. c. casiphone (West Java)
E. c. alumna Fruhstorfer, 1907 (East Java)
E. c. saueri Distant, 1882 (Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Langkawi Island)
E. c. djilantik Martin, 1909 (Bali)
E. c. praetextata Fruhstorfer, 1896 (Lombok)

References

Geyer, [1827]; in Hübner, Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge 3
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

"Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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