Elymnias papua explained

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.^[1]

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)

External links

• "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]