Elymnias penanga

Melanitis mehida from original description.

Elymnias penanga, ♀, from Distant, 1882-1886

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Elymniini
Subtribus: Elymniina
Genus: Elymnias
Species: Elymnias penanga
Subspecies: (4) per Wei et al, 2017.
E. p. chelensis – E. p. konga – E. p. penanga – E. p. sumatrana

Name

Elymnias penanga Westwood, 1851.

Type locality: Peninsular Malaysia, Penang.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

in Wei et al, 2017.

• Melanitis penanga Westwood, 1851: 405.
• Melaninis mehida Hewitson, 1863: 69, pl.36 figs 2,3. TL: Singapore. BMNH.
• Elymnias abrisa Distant, 1886: 531. TL: Peninsular Malaysia: Penang, Seberang Perai. BMNH.
• Elymnias penanga immaculata (♀-form) Martin, 1909: 55. TL: Indonesia: Sumatra. MTKD.
• Elymnias penanga johnsoni (form) Talbot, 1929 Bulletin of the Hill Museum 3(1): 80. TL: Peninsular Malaysia: Penang. BMNH.
• Elymnias penanga hislopi (♀-form) Eliot, 1967 Entomologist 100: 3. TL: Peninsular Malaysia: Kedah, Langkawi. BMNH.

References

• Distant, W.L. 1886. Contributions to a Knowledge of Malayan Entomology, Pt. V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)17: 530–532. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 
• Martin, L., 1909. Kritische Besprechung der Fruhstorfer'schen Monographie der Elymniinae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 22: 36-73 BHL. 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. 
• Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.