Tailed Palmfly

Elymnias caudata · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Tailed Palmfly
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA

Both sexes have relatively long wings and a longer tail on the hindwing compared to Elymnias hypermnestra. The species is found only in South India.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Both sexes have longer wings relative to breadth and a longer tail at the apex of vein 4 on the hindwing than Elymnias hypermnestra.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is endemic to South India.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is limited to South India.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

Some authors treat it as a subspecies of Elymnias hypermnestra.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Tailed Palmfly photo 3
Photo: R K, CC BY

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elymnias_caudata

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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