Elymnias papua is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1869. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Subspecies E. p. papua (West Irian - Southeast New Guinea) E. p. lactentia Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Waigiou) E. p. cinereomargo Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak) E. p. bivittata van Eecke, 1915 (New Guinea)
References
External links "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms