Harmilla

Harmilla
Harmilla elegans depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Harmilla
Aurivillius, 1892
Species: H. elegans
Binomial name
Harmilla elegans
Staudinger, 1891[1]
Synonyms
  • Harmilla hawkeri Joicey & Talbot, 1926

Harmilla is a butterfly genus in the Nymphalidae family. It contains only one species, Harmilla elegans, the Elegant Forester, which is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of swamp forests with a dense understorey.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

Subspecies

References

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