Elymniopsis is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Elymniopsis bammakoo, the African palmfly.
Range and habitat It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the DRC, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Description Adults resemble Acraea poggei in flight. The white form of bammakoo mimics the female of Papilio cynorta.
Food Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and have also been recorded imbibing sap from wounds in trees. The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis, Phoenix reclinata and Raphia hookeri.
Subspecies Elymniopsis bammakoo bammakoo Range: Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, DRC Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (Sharpe, 1902) Range: eastern DRC, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania
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