Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Palla | |
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Similar Palla publius, Palla ussheri, Palla decius, Charaxes lycurgus, Charaxes paphianus | ||
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 the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of primary lowland evergreen forests.
The larvae feed on Bonomia poranoides and Clerodendron buchholzii.
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