Elymnias papua

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Elymniini
Subtribus: Elymniina
Genus: Elymnias
Species: Elymnias papua
Subspecies: (5) per Wei et al, 2017.
E. p. cinereomargo – E. p. climena – E. p. euploeoides – E. p. lactentia – E. p. papua

Elymnias viridescens from original description.

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Name

Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869.

Type locality: New Guinea (prob. West Papua, Bird’s Head Peninsula).

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Elymnias papua Wallace, 1869: 329.
• Elymnias viridescens Grose-Smith, 1894: 365, pl.12 figs 5–6. TL: Humboldt Bay (Indonesia: Papua, Jayapura, Yos Sudarso Bay). BMNH.
• Dyctis viridescens kakarona (var.) Hagen, 1897: 78. TL: Sattelberg (Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province, Huon Peninsula, Sattelberg). NHMT.
• Elymnias papua bivittata van Eecke, 1915: 65, pl.3 figs 5,5a. TL: Bivakeiland, Koofbivak, New Guinea (Indonesia: Papua, Asmat Regency, Bivak Island). NBC. Synonymised by Wei et al, 2017.
• Elymnias papua papua (Wallace); Wei et al, 2017.

References

• Grose-Smith, H., 1894. An account of a collection of diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea... Novitates zoologicae. 1: Pt. 1: 331–365; Pt. 2: 543–551; Pt. 3: 571–583. 1; 2; 3. Reference page. 
• Hagen, B., 1897. Verzeichniss... Kaiser-Wilhelmsland und Neupommers Gesammelten Tagschmetterlinge. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 50: 23-96. BHL. Reference page. 
• van Eecke, R., 1915. Studies on Indo-Australian Lepidoptera II. The Lepidoptera collected by the third New Guinea expedition. Nova Guinea, Zoologie 13: 55-79, 3 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Wallace, A.R. 1869. Notes on Eastern Butterflies (Parts 1 & 2). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869: 77–81, 321–349. BHL1, BHL2. Reference page. 
• Wei, C-H., Lohman, D.J., Peggie, D. & Yen, S-H. 2017. An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). ZooKeys 676: 47—152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.676.12579. Reference page.