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Elymnias papua
Elymnias papua cinereomargo in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (figure 5)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Elymnias
Species:	E. papua
Binomial name
Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869
Synonyms
Elymnias viridescens Grose-Smith, 1894 Dyctis viridescens var. kakarona Hagen, 1897 Elymnias viridescens cinereomargo Joicey & Noakes, 1915

Elymnias papua is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1869. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

• E. p. papua (West Irian - Southeast New Guinea)
• E. p. lactentia Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Waigiou)
• E. p. cinereomargo Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)
• E. p. bivittata van Eecke, 1915 (New Guinea)

References

1. Wallace, 1869 Notes on eastern Butterflies (3 parts) Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1869 (1): 77-81, (4): 277-288, 321-349
2. 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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