Palla publius

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Palla

Similar Palla violinitens, Palla decius, Palla ussheri, Charaxes cynthia, Charaxes lycurgus

Palla publius, the andromorph palla, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary lowland evergreen forests.

Subspecies

Palla publius publius (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria)

Palla publius centralis van Someren, 1975 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern, eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Palla publius kigoma van Someren, 1975 (north-western Tanzania)

References

Palla publius Wikipedia

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