THE FORMS OF <i>ELYMNIAS HYPERMNESTRA</i> (L.) (LEP. RHOP.) IN THE MALAY PENINSULA

Corbet, A. Steven

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1943.tb00755.x

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“…This morphological diversity is apparently because most species are Batesian mimics of strikingly different, unpalatable model butterfly species (Corbet 1933; 1943). Many Elymnias species are monomorphic; conspecific males and females mimic the same model species ( e.g.…”

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“…Species in the genus differ markedly in wing color, pattern, shape, and size, making Elymnias one of the most morphologically heterogeneous butterfly genera ( Feltwell 1993 ). This morphological diversity is apparently because most species are Batesian mimics of strikingly different, unpalatable model butterfly species ( Corbet 1933 ; 1943 ). Many Elymnias species are monomorphic; conspecific males and females mimic the same model species ( e.g.…”

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“…The name has been used numerous times in the taxonomic, ecological, and agricultural literature (Corbet 1943; Koh and Gan 2007; Merrett 1993; Shang-Wen 1998; Yong et al 2012). However, Lamas (2010) raised concern regarding the validity of this name.…”

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“…In the same publication, Fruhstorfer (1902a) described an aberration of nigrescens , namely agina , for populations in Singapore, Sumatra, and Perak. The name agina has been used much more frequently than beatrice to represent the population in the Malay Peninsula including Singapore (Corbet 1943; Lamas 2010; Pinratana 1988). However, Article 45.6.2 of the Code, agina was not an available name when Fruhstorfer first proposed it as an aberrant form of nigrescens (now a valid subspecies of hypermnestra ).…”

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“… 17 Elymnias hypermnestra is one of the few satyrine species that is regarded as a minor pest of several species of palms. The name has been used numerous times in the taxonomic, ecological, and agricultural literature ( Corbet 1943 ; Koh and Gan 2007 ; Merrett 1993 ; Shang-Wen 1998; Yong et al 2012 ). However, Lamas (2010) raised concern regarding the validity of this name.…”

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An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Wei¹,

Lohman²,

Peggie³

et al. 2017

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We review the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818, a morphologically diverse satyrine butterfly clade involved in multifarious Batesian mimicry relationships throughout Asia and Africa. A variety of different model species are mimicked, and many Elymnias species are sexually dimorphic mimics, with males and females resembling different model species. We revise species and subspecies delimitations in light of an integrative taxonomic investigation using external morphology, male and female genital morphology, and a multi-locus molecular phylogeny. There is little interspecific genitalic variation among species in this group, and previous taxonomists therefore relied almost entirely on wing patterns. Our molecular phylogenetic analysis reveals several examples of polymorphism or wing pattern divergence within a single species currently classified as two or more different species. We also found examples of wing pattern convergence among disparate lineages that mimic the same widespread model species. Frequently, two or more phenotypically similar species were classified as a single species. This comprehensive checklist reviews all names associated with Elymnias to align its taxonomy with the evolutionary history of the group. All available information on nomenclature, type localities, repositories of type specimens, and geographical distributions is summarized, and images of adult specimens and genitalia are provided along with distribution maps of all species and selected subspecies. We identify 2 species incertae sedis, establish 15 monophyletic species groups (including 1 species unplaced in any species group), and make 49 taxonomic changes, including 35 new synonyms, 7 new combinations (2 of which have new status), 1 resurrected combination, 1 resurrected subspecies, and 7 status changes.

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