Elymnias malelas, the spotted palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in northern India and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Subspecies E. m. malelas (northern India, Sikkim) E. m. ivena Fruhstorfer, 1911 (southern Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam)
Biology Larvae feed on Trachycarpus fortunei and Musa paradisiaca. The butterfly mimics Euploea mulciber.
References
External links "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms