Biology:Palla (butterfly)

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Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Palla
SeitzFaunaAfricanaXIIITaf32.jpg
Palla ussheri and Palla decius in Seitz's Fauna Africana as Charaxes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Pallini
Genus: Palla
Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Papilio decius
Cramer, [1777]
Diversity
Four species
Synonyms
  • Philognoma Doubleday, 1844

Palla is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the subfamily Charaxinae. All four species exhibit sexual dimorphism.

Species

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3361475 entry