Elymnias cybele

Elymnias cybele is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1860. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Elymnias cybele
Elymnias cybele thryallis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. cybele
Binomial name
Elymnias cybele
Synonyms
  • Melanitis cybele C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Elymnias glauconia var. chloera Staudinger, 1894
  • Dyctis astrifera Butler, 1874
  • Elymnias cybele adumbrata Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Elymnias cybele opaca Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Elymnias cybele ternatana Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Elymnias glauconia Staudinger, 1894
  • brunnescens Fruhstorfer, 1911
  • pseudoalpinx Fruhstorfer, 1911
  • terentilina Fruhstorfer, 1911
  • violacea Fruhstorfer
  • Elymnias cybele umbratilis Joicey & Noakes, 1915

Subspecies
  • E. c. cybele (Bachan, Ternate, Halmahera)
  • E. c. obiana Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Obi)
  • E. c. thryallis Kirsch, 1877 (Waigeu, Mioswar Island, North New Guinea)

References
  1. C. & R. Felder, 1860 Lepidopterologische Fragmente. V-VI Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (4): 97-112, pl. 1-2, (8): 225-251, pl. 3-4
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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