♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Phuket, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Elymnias chelensis Nicéville, 1890 OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 5(3): 200–202. pl.D, fig.3,♂. TL : "Chelapunji, Khasi Hills" [Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India]. Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. [? Laos.] ● ssp.chelensis ● ssp.penanga

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Elymnias penanga chelensis : Godfrey,1932a : 267. (P)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Pinratana,1988 : 10, pl.8, figs.12a♂,♀(f. hislopi). (Nakhon Nayok)
Elymnias penanga penanga : Pinratana,1988 : 10, pl.8, figs.12b♂,♀. (Ranong; Phuket) (partim)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 236, pl.90, figs.S13a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Khao Yai; Phu Khieo)
Elymnias penanga penanga : Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.90, figs.S13b♀,♀(Un). (partim)
Elymnias penanga penanga : Uémura,2010 : 2. (Khao Poh Ta)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 236, pl.90, figs.N49a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Khao Yai; Phu Khieo)
Elymnias penanga penanga : Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.90, figs.N49b♀,♀(Un). (partim)
Elymnias penanga penanga : Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Kimura et al.,2016 : 166, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khao Yai; Nakohn Nayok)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Phetchabun; Nakhon Ratchasima) (accessed: 2024.05.06)
Elymnias penanga penanga : Kimura et al.,2016 : 166. (Khlong Naka) (partim)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Wei et al.,2017 ; 94, fig.4, L♂ (Ranong)

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Elymnias penanga f. chelensis : Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 31. (Vientiane)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Osada et al.,1999 : 210, not fig. (list only)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Uémura,2003 : 2, fig.9 map.
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.

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Elymnias penanga : Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : 82. (C: Huong Son)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Monastyrskii,2005 : 34, pl.5, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (C: Huong Son; S: Nghia Trung)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Miyazaki et al.,2007c : 39, figs.S-52,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Elymnias penanga chelensis : Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 21. (C: Ha Tinh to Lam Dong; S: Dong Nai)

[ THAILAND ]
Phetchabun : 2♂.

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The butterfly is rather localized and uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (30 - 700 m a.s.l.). In flight, it is similar to Euploea species (Danainae).

Nicéville, L. de, 1890. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indian region, with description of three New genera of Hesperidae.
Journal of the Bombay natural History Society, 5(3): 199–225, pls. D,E.

Wei, C-H, Lohman, D, Peggie, D. & Yen, S-H, 2017. An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).
Zookeys, 676: 47–152. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.676.12579

♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.	♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)	♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

1998.12.10 - 2025.02.28.