Tiger Palmwings

Elymnias nesaea

 first update d.  11 november 2024

  last update d. 11 november 2024

Koh Samui, Thailand d. 14 january 2011. Photographer: Erni BoesenKoh Samui, Thailand d. 14 january 2011. Photographer: Erni BoesenTiger Palmfly, Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764). . Thailand February 2016. Photographer; Henrik S Larsen

Tiger Palmfly, Elymnias nesaea ssp. hermia (Fruhstorfer, 1907). Koh Samui, Thailand d. 14 january 2011. Photographer: Erni Boesen

Tiger Palmfly, Elymnias nesaea ssp. hermia (Fruhstorfer, 1907). Koh Samui, Thailand d. 14 january 2011. Photographer: Erni Boesen

 Tiger Palmfly, Elymnias nesaea ssp. timandra (Wallace, 1869). Chiang Mai, Thailand February 2016. Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen

Photographer; Henrik S. Larsen and Erni Boesen.

Tiger Palmwings/Tiger Palmfly. Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764).

Intro: Subfamily Brown, Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Description: The upperside of the wings is black with long bluish-green streaks. Forewings show four or five spots on the apical area, while hindwings have subterminal whitish spots in the posterior interspaces. The underside has a broad dark brown area on both wings. In females, the undersides are white with brown or yellowish shading.
Wingspan: 65–85 millimetres.

Mimics: The adult mimics Glassy Tiger, Parantica aglea (Stoll, 1782).

Foodplants: The larva feeds on various Palm, Arecaceae species.
Mainly on Sweet Flag, Calamus species. Chusan Palm and in American- as Chinese windmill Palm, Trachycarpus forturei. Red Palm, Cyrtostachys lakka. Coconut Palm, Cocos nucifera and Macarthur Palm, Ptychosperma macarthurii.

Distribution: This species can be found in India, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Bhutan.

Subspecies
Elymnias nesaea nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764). - W. Java. Wikipedia.
E. n. ssp. timandra (Wallace, 1869). - Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, northern Thailand, Laos, Yunnan.
E. n. ssp. cortona (Fruhstorfer, 1911). - Burma.
E. n. ssp. apelles (Fruhstorfer, 1902). - Thailand, lower Burma, southern Yunnan.
E. n. ssp. lioneli (Fruhstorfer, 1907). – Peninsular Malaya.
E. n. ssp. laisides (de Nicéville, 1896). - Sumatra.
E. n. ssp. neolais (de Nicéville, 1898). - Nias.
E. n. ssp. kamarina (Fruhstorfer, 1906). - Batu Islands.
E. n. ssp. hypereides (Fruhstorfer, 1903). - northern Borneo.
E. n. ssp. coelifrons (Fruhstorfer, 1907).- southern Borneo.
E. n. ssp. hermia (Fruhstorfer, 1907). - eastern Java.
E. n. ssp. baweana (Hagen, 1896). – Bawean.
E. n. ssp. vordemani (Snellen, 1902). - Kangean Islands.

The palmflies are a common Asian butterfly genus found from India to the Solomon Islands. The caterpillars mimic leaves which they feed on. The adults mimic certain species (for example: Elymnias cumaea looks like Common Evening Brown, Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758).

Palmflies,/Palmwings, Elymnias (Hübner, 1818). 45 species.
Elymnias agondas (Boisduval, 1832). – Palmfly.
Elymnias amoena (Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979).
Elymnias beza (Hewitson, 1877).
Elymnias brookei (Shelford, 1904).
Elymnias casiphone (Geyer, [1827]).
Elymnias casiphonides (Semper, 1892).
Elymnias caudata (Butler, 1871).
Elymnias ceryx (Boisduval, 1836)
Elymnias congruens (Semper, 1887).
Elymnias cottonis (Hewitson, 1874).
Elymnias cumaea (C. & R. Felder, [1867]).
Elymnias cybele (C. & R. Felder, 1860).
Elymnias dara (Distant & Pryer, 1887).
Elymnias detanii (Aoki & Uémura, 1982).
Elymnias esaca (Westwood, 1851).
Elymnias harterti (Honrath, 1889),
Elymnias hewitsoni (Wallace, 1869). – Hewitson's Palmfly.
Elymnias hicetas (Wallace, 1869).
Elymnias holofernes (Butler, 1882).
Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763). – Common Palmfly.
Elymnias kamara (Moore, [1858]).
Elymnias kanekoi (Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980).
Elymnias kuenstleri (Honrath, [1885]).
Elymnias lise (Hemming, 1960).
Elymnias luteofasciata (Okubo, 1980).
Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863).
Elymnias melias (C. & R. Felder, 1863).
Elymnias mimalon (Hewitson, 1861).
Elymnias nelsoni (Corbet, 1942).
Elymnias nepheronides (Fruhstorfer, 1907).
Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764). – Tiger Palmfly.
Elymnias obnubila (Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883).
Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) – Tawny Palmfly.
Elymnias papua (Wallace, 1869).
Elymnias paradoxa (Staudinger, 1894).
Elymnias patna (Westwood, 1851). – Blue-striped Palmfly
Elymnias pealii (Wood-Mason, 1883). – Peal's Palmfly
Elymnias pellucida (Fruhstorfer, 1895).
Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851). – Pointed Palmfly
Elymnias sangira (Fruhstorfer, 1899).
Elymnias singhala (Moore, [1875]). – Ceylon Palmfly
Elymnias tamborana (Okubo, 2010).
Elymnias vasudeva (Moore, 1857). – Jezebel Palmfly
Elymnias vitellia (Stoll, [1781])
Formerly in Elymnias:

Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, 1851). – African Palmfly.

GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility.World distribution:
Tiger Palmwings. Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764).

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Tiger Palmwings. Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764).

Tiger Palmwings/Tiger Palmfly, Elymnias nesaea (Linnaeus, 1764). Wikipedia

Palmwings/Palmflies, Elymnias (Hübner, 1818). 45 species.

 

Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra ssp. tinctoria (Moore, 1878). Langkawi, Malaysia february 26, 2019. Photographer; Knud Ellegaard

Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra ssp. lioneli (Fruhstorfer, 1907).
Langkawi, Malaysia february 26 - 27, 2019. Photographer; Knud Ellegaard

Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra. Chitwan National Park, 280 m. Nepal, december 1995. Photographer; Lars Andersen

Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra ssp. timandra (Wallace, 1869).
Chitwan National Park, 280 m. Nepal, december 1995. Photographer; Lars Andersen

Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus, 1763).,Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park, Thailand d. 1 march 2020.. Photographer; Knud Ellegaard

Common Palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra ssp. timandra (Wallace, 1869).
Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park, Thailand d. 1 march 2020. Photographer; Knud Ellegaard

Tiger Palmfly, Elymnias nesaea ssp. hypereides (Fruhstorfer, 1903).Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo d. 26 marts 2017. Fotograf; John S. Petersen

Tiger Palmfly, Elymnias nesaea ssp. hypereides (Fruhstorfer, 1903).
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo d. 26 march 2017. Photographer; John S. Petersen

Koh Samui, Thailand d. 21 january 2011. Photographer: Erni Boesen

Koh Samui, Thailand d. 21 january 2011. Photographer: Erni Boesen


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The blue hour

In the evening when I sat by the river bank in the small village of Sauraha with a cocktail called "Rhino's Horn" and watched the sunset. Here there was fantastic wildlife, you could see the shepherds coming home with the goats and the water buffalo, and the elephants coming home from work in the forest, as well as tourist jeeps driving across the river back from the Jungle Safari. Over the river, sailors and swallows fly, just as they see the kingfisher stand on spinning wings and suddenly dive down for a fish.

Lars Andersen: A story of riverside wildlife in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. February 2000.


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Buffaloes by the river in the evening during the blue hour at Sauraha, Royal Chitwan National Park Feb. 2000. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Indian Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis. In the evening during the blue hour at Narayani-Rapti river system from
Sauraha, Royal Chitwan National Park february 2000. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Indian Rhinoceros in the evening during the blue hour at Sauraha, Royal Chitwan National Park Feb. 2000. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Buffaloes by the river in the evening during the blue hour at Sauraha, Royal Chitwan National Park Feb. 2000. Photographer: Lars Andersen

The Annapurna Range, seen from Sauraha, Royal Chitwan National Park november 1995. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Elefant from Sauraha, Royal Chitwan National Park november 1995. Photographer: Lars Andersen

Elefant from Sauraha, Royal Chitwan National Park november 1995. Photographer: Lars Andersen


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