Elymnias agondas

Elymnias agondas
	In Übersee-Museum Bremen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Elymnias
Species:	E. agondas
Binomial name
	Elymnias agondas; (Boisduval, 1832)
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;

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)

The larva feeds on Calamus caryotoides.

^ 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

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

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Elymnias agondas

In Übersee-Museum Bremen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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