Palla violinitens
| Palla violinitens | |
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| Palla violinitens male
from Maka, CAR | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Palla |
| Species: | P. violinitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Palla violinitens (Crowley, 1890)[1] | |
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Palla violinitens, the Violet-banded Palla, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of primary lowland evergreen forests.
The larvae feed on Bonomia poranoides and Clerodendron buchholzii.
Subspecies
- Palla violinitens violinitens (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria)
- Palla violinitens coniger (Butler, 1896) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Palla violinitens bwamba van Someren, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri Forest, Uganda: Bwamba Valley)
References
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- ↑ Palla, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Tribe Pallini
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