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Phallic palmfly
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Phallic palmfly

Elymnias pealii

Elymnias pealii, also commonly known as the phallic palmfly, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to the Indian state Assam in the Indomalayan realm.

It was described by James Wood-Mason in 1883. Within its genus, it is the only member of the Elymnias patna species group (besides E. patna).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 145545.