<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elymnias_caudata" class="extiw" title="w:Elymnias caudata">Elymnias caudata</a></i> (<i>Elymnisa hypermnestra</i> race <i>caudata</i>), Tailed Palmfly,  is a species of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyrinae" class="extiw" title="en:Satyrinae">satyrid</a> butterfly found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia" class="extiw" title="w:South Asia">South Asia</a>.
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This butterfly species is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism" class="extiw" title="w:Sexual dimorphism">dimorphic</a>, males and females do not look alike. Males exhibit black colored upperside forewings with small blue patches and reddish brown color on upperside hindwings, while the females <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mimic" class="extiw" title="w:mimic">mimic</a> butterfly species of the genus <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly" class="extiw" title="w:Monarch butterfly">Danaus</a></i>.
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<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jkadavoor" title="User:Jkadavoor">Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India</a></div>
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