Elymnias malelas
# Elymnias malelas

Elymnias malelas, the spotted palmfly, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in northern India and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm.

## Subspecies

* E. m. malelas (northern India, Sikkim)
* E. m. ivena Fruhstorfer, 1911 (southern Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam)

## Biology

Larvae feed on Trachycarpus fortunei and Musa paradisiaca. The butterfly mimics Euploea mulciber.

