THAILAND NATURE PROJECT
THAILAND NATURE PROJECT
  • Animals
    • Insects of Thailand >
      • Coleoptera - Beetles
      • Hemiptera - True Bugs
      • Lepidoptera - Butterflies
      • Lepidoptera - Moths
      • Odonata - Dragonflies & Damselflies
      • Hymenoptera - Bees, Wasps & Ants
      • Mantodea - Mantids
      • Phasmatodea - Stick Insects
      • Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
      • Blattodea - Cockroaches
      • Diptera and other Fly families
    • Arachnids of Thailand >
      • Araneae - Spiders
      • Scorpiones - Scorpions
      • Opiliones - Harvestmen
      • Thelyphonida - Whip Scorpions
    • Other Arthropods
    • Reptiles of Thailand
    • Amphibians of Thailand
    • Birds of Thailand
    • Marine Fish of Thailand
    • Mammals of Thailand
  • Plants
    • Plants of Thailand >
      • Angiosperms - Flowering Plants
      • Pteridophytes - Ferns and Fern Allies
    • Plant Families - English - Thai - Chinese names
  • Fungi & Lichen
    • Fungi of Thailand
    • Lichen of Thailand
  • Contact
  • Animals
    • Insects of Thailand >
      • Coleoptera - Beetles
      • Hemiptera - True Bugs
      • Lepidoptera - Butterflies
      • Lepidoptera - Moths
      • Odonata - Dragonflies & Damselflies
      • Hymenoptera - Bees, Wasps & Ants
      • Mantodea - Mantids
      • Phasmatodea - Stick Insects
      • Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
      • Blattodea - Cockroaches
      • Diptera and other Fly families
    • Arachnids of Thailand >
      • Araneae - Spiders
      • Scorpiones - Scorpions
      • Opiliones - Harvestmen
      • Thelyphonida - Whip Scorpions
    • Other Arthropods
    • Reptiles of Thailand
    • Amphibians of Thailand
    • Birds of Thailand
    • Marine Fish of Thailand
    • Mammals of Thailand
  • Plants
    • Plants of Thailand >
      • Angiosperms - Flowering Plants
      • Pteridophytes - Ferns and Fern Allies
    • Plant Families - English - Thai - Chinese names
  • Fungi & Lichen
    • Fungi of Thailand
    • Lichen of Thailand
  • Contact
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis.jpg

Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis​  (Fruhstorfer, 1902)

Common Palmfly

Home > Insects​ > Lepidoptera - Butterflies > ​Nymphalidae > Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
​Genus: Elymnias
Species: hypermnestra
Subspecies: ​meridionalis


  • Common name: Common Palmfly
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อหนอนมะพร้าวธรรมดา
  • Distribution: Central and South East Thailand, Cambodia, South Vietnam. 
  • Image locations: Cheelong Chaiyaphum, Pattaya Chonburi.
  • Additional notes: 
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis image location map.jpg
Image locations

Images of Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis from Thailand.
Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria.jpg
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Cheelong Chaiyaphum February
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis, Common Palmfly.jpg
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Cheelong Chaiyaphum December
Elymnias hypermnestra.jpg
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Pattaya Chonburi February
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis.jpg
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis (Fruhstorfer,1902) Cheelong Chaiyaphum December

References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

​Main Pages

Insects of Thailand
Arachnids of Thailand
Other Arthropods of Thailand
Birds of Thailand
Reptiles of Thailand
Amphibians of Thailand
Marine Fish of Thailand
Mammals of Thailand
Plants of Thailand
Fungi of Thailand
Lichen of Thailand


©  2022 Thailand Nature Project - All Rights Reserved
No part of this website or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied, modified or adapted, without the prior written consent of the author.