Elymnias patna, also known as the blue-striped palmfly, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Taxonomy This species was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. It, along with Elymnias pealii makes the E. patna species group.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Subspecies As of May 2026, this species contains five subspecies. They are listed below along with their known range: Elymnias patna dohrni de Nicéville, 1895 (northern Sumatra) Elymnias patna hanitchi Martin, 1909 (Peninsular Malaysia) Elymnias patna patna (Westwood, 1851) (north-western India to Assam, Burma, possibly Thailand) Elymnias patna patnoides (Moore, 1893) (Burma) Elymnias patna stictica Fruhstorfer, 1902 (northern Indochina)
References
External links
"Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms