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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Elymnias |
| Species: | E. agondas
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Subspecies edit
- 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 edit
The larva feeds on Calamus caryotoides.
References edit
- ^ 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
External links edit
Wikispecies has information related to Elymnias agondas.
- "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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