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Description: | This species is a large and rare butterfly with dramatic striped markings on its wings. Elymnias nesaea timandra is found in Burma, Thailand and Laos as well as parts of China. The name Palmfly is given to the butterflies in the genus Elymnias because their caterpillars feed on species of Palm. The caterpillar of the Tiger Palmfly feeds on Calamus vines, Chinese Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus forturei) and the Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera). | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East animals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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