Elymnias vitellia

Elymnias vitellia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Elymnias vitellia
From Pieter Cramer's De Uitlandsche Kapellen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Elymnias
Species:
E. vitellia
Binomial name
Elymnias vitellia
(Stoll, [1781])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio vitellia Stoll, [1781]
  • Elymnias vitellia ceramensis Martin, 1909
  • Elymnias viminalis Wallace, 1869

Subspecies
  • E. v. vitellia (Ambon, Saparua, Serang)
  • E. v. viminalis Wallace, 1869 (Buru)

References
  1. Stoll, [1781] Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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