Common Palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra

The Common Palmfly butterfly is native to South and Southeast Asia.

While the butterfly itself is variable, and with different races across its range, male and female have a similar underside and rarely open their wings at rest. However, the topside differs substantially: the male is dark with blue edges to the forewings and orange edges to the hind wings; the female mimics the orange (Plain Tiger/Monarch) Danaids.

 

The TIGER PALMFLY, Elymnias nesaea, is also native to South and Southeast Asia. It is pale blue with dark brown "tiger" stripes on the rarely-opened topside. The above photo of the Tiger Palmfly was taken by Tony Clancy.