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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
V. milca

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Similar
  
Kallimoides, Catacroptera, Janatella, Rhinopalpa polynice, Antanartia

Vanessula is a genus of butterflies in the Nymphalidae family. It contains only one species, Vanessula milca, the black and orange, or lady’s maid. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of dense and riverine forests.

Subspecies

  • Vanessula milca milca (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana)
  • Vanessula milca angustifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1928 (Ivory Coast: Nimba Mountains)
  • Vanessula milca buechneri Dewitz, 1887 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
  • Vanessula milca latifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1928 (eastern, northern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)

    • References

    Vanessula Wikipedia
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