Elymnias esaca

Elymnias esaca is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Elymnias esaca
Elymnias esaca borneensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Elymnias
Species:
E. esaca
Binomial name
Elymnias esaca
(Westwood, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis esaca Westwood, 1851
  • Elymnias godferyi Distant, 1883
  • Dyctis esacoides de Nicéville, [1893]
  • Melanitis egialina C. & R. Felder, 1863
  • Elymnias borneensis Wallace, 1869
  • Dyctis andersonii Moore, 1886
  • Elymnias (Dyctis) maheswara Fruhstorfer, 1894

Subspecies
  • E. e. esaca (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
  • E. e. egialina (C. & R. Felder, 1863) (Philippines: Luzon, Mindoro)
  • E. e. borneensis Wallace, 1869 (North Borneo)
  • E. e. andersonii (Moore, 1886) (South Burma: Mergui)
  • E. e. maheswara Fruhstorfer, 1895 (Java, Bali)
  • E. e. leontina Fruhstorfer, 1898 (Nias)
  • E. e. pseudodelias Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Sumatra)
  • E. e. taeniola Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Southeast Borneo)
  • E. e. georgi Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Philippines: Mindanao)
  • E. e. saifuli Hanafusa, 1994 (Siberut)
  • E. e. popularis Hanafusa, 1994 (Tanahmasa)
  • E. e. lautensis Tateishi, 2001 (Laut Island)
  • E. e. splendida Tateishi, 2001 (Singkep Island)
  • E. e. lingga Tateishi, 2001 (Lingga Island)
  • E. e. nigricans Tateishi, 2001 (Enggano Island)

References
  1. Westwood, 1850; Westwood, 1851 The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Comprising their Generic Characters, a Notice of Their Habitats and Transformations, And a Catalogue of the Species of Each Genus; Illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson (1)
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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