Close wing position of Elymnias penanga (Westwood,1851) – Pointed Palmfly. Subspecies: Elymnias penanga chelensis de Nicéville, 1890 – Khasi Pointed Palmfly.The subspecies chelensis is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Elymnias penanga, ♀, from.mw-parser-output.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}Distant,. Date: between 1882 and 1886 date QS:P,+1882-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1882-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9. Source: Rhopalocera Malayana. Author: William Lucas Distant.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Elymnias penanga chelensis from original description. Date: 1890. Source: The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Author: Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Plate: Melanitis Melanitis penanga. Figs. 1,4. Accepted as Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851). Melanitis mehida. Figs. 2, 3. Accepted as Elymnias penanga (Westwood, 1851). Melanitis esaca. Fig. 5. Accepted as Elymnias esaca (Westwood, 1851). Melanitis malelas. Figs. 6, 7. Accepted as Elymnias malelas (Hewitson, 1863). Date: 1863. Source: Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies: selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. Volume IV. John van Voorst, London. Internet Archive[1]. Accepted names from Markku Savela[2]. Author: William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878) . . Alternative names: Hewitson; W. C. Hewitson. Description: British naturalist and illustrator. Date of birth/death: 9 January 1806 28 May 1878 . Location of birth: Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Authority control: : Q2380448VIAF: 32757304ISNI: 0000 0000 8217 9657LCCN: n84171604Open Library: OL2075012AOxford Dict.: 13148GND: 116785330SUDOC: 078630630Koninklijke: 070552517WorldCat. creator QS:P170,Q2380448.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Melanitis mehida from original description. Date: 1863. Source: Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies. Author: William Chapman Hewitson.