A New Record of Elymnias Caudata Butler, 1871 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Nagpur in Central India
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Urban areas harbour diverse butterfly species in isolated and fragmented habitats such as parks, remnants of natural and semi-natural habitats and other such green areas. An Indian endemic nymphalid butterfly species, Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871 (tailed palmfly), has mostly been reported from south-western parts of the southern region of India. According to the previous record, this species is unknown from Nagpur, a city in Central India. Here, Elymnias caudata is recorded from Nagpur for the first time, and it shows that the distribution range of this species is wider than previously known. This is the northernmost record of Elymnias caudata in India.