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Palmflies

Elymnias sp.

Description:

6-7 cm wide.

Habitat:

Mixed plantation.

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5 Comments

JohnTasirin
JohnTasirin 11 years ago

Fair enough. Thanks, Dave.

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 11 years ago

It certainly is a fine image from that distance.

I would be reluctant to post hypermnestra, with the obvious differences in the patternation. There are 45 species under the heading Elymnias, with no more than 3 or 4 reliably photographed.

You really don't want to post the wrong ID and mislead others, so in the meantime, I think you should name it as Elymnias sp. This would be most acceptable.

Dave

JohnTasirin
JohnTasirin 11 years ago

Thank you Dave and Nuwan. I think I also spotted the lighter colored ones. I will try to find the file. This one looked really darker. The first page is under a plenty late morning sunlight, taken by a 300 mm lens, and about 4 m from the object. But, it may still belong to Elymnias hypermnestra.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

i agree with Dave!

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 11 years ago

Elymnias hypermnestra agina common palmfly. Looks darker in color than my images, but pretty sure.

Quality images.

Dave

JohnTasirin
Spotted by
JohnTasirin

Manado, Indonesia

Spotted on Jan 19, 2013
Submitted on Jan 20, 2013

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