Elymniopsis

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Elymniopsis
African palmfly (Elymniopsis bammakoo bammakoo).jpg
E. b. bammakoo, Ghana
African palmfly (Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi).jpg
E. b. rattrayi, Kibale Forest, Uganda
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Elymniopsis

Species:
E. bammakoo
Binomial name
Elymniopsis bammakoo
(Westwood, [1851])[1]
Synonyms
  • Melanitis bammakoo Westwood, [1851]
  • Elymnias bammakoo
  • Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793
  • Elymnias phegea var. intermedia Aurivillius, 1899
  • Elymnias phegea ab. angustata Bartel, 1905
  • Elymniopsis bammakoo var. hybrida Niepelt, 1915
  • Papilio lise Hemming, 1960
  • Elymnias rattrayi Sharpe, 1902
  • Elymnias bammakoo rattrayi
  • Elymnias ugandae Grünberg, 1908

Elymniopsis is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Elymniopsis bammakoo, the African palmfly.

Range and habitat[]

It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the DRC, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Description[]

Adults resemble Acraea poggei in flight. The white form of bammakoo mimics the female of Papilio cynorta.

Food[]

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and have also been recorded imbibing sap from wounds in trees. The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis, Phoenix reclinata and Raphia hookeri.

Subspecies[]

  • Elymniopsis bammakoo bammakoo
Range: Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, DRC
  • Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (Sharpe, 1902)
Range: eastern DRC, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania
Elymniopsis bammakoo bammakoo & Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (far right)

References[]

  1. ^ "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Elymniini


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