Elymnias cottonis

Elymnias cottonis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874. It is endemic to the Andaman islands in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Elymnias cottonis
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E. cottonis
Binomial name
Elymnias cottonis
(Hewitson, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis cottonis Hewitson, 1874

Subspecies

  • E. c. cottonis
  • E. c. jennifferae Suzuki, 2006 (Little Andaman Island, Butler Bay)

References

  1. Hewitson, 1874 A List of Butterflies, with Descriptions of new Species, from the Andaman Islands Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 14 (83): 356-358
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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