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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria​.jpg

Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria​  Moore, 1879

Common Palmfly

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

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


  • Common name: Common Palmfly
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อหนอนมะพร้าวธรรมดา
  • Distribution: Myanmar, Thailand, N. Laos.
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai, Cheelong Chaiyaphum
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria from Thailand.
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Chiang Mai
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Chiang Mai
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Chiang Mai
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Chiang Mai
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Chiang Mai
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Chiang Mai
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Chiang Mai
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Cheelong Chaiyaphum February
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Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria (Moore, 1879) Cheelong Chaiyaphum February

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.

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