Biology:Palla decius
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Palla decius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Palla |
Species: | P. decius
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Binomial name | |
Palla decius (Cramer, 1777)[1]
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Palla decius, the white-banded palla, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.
The larvae feed on Calycobolus africanus, Bonomia poranoides and Clerodendron buchholzii.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palla decius. |
- ↑ "Palla Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Tribe Pallini
Wikidata ☰ Q7127689 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palla decius.
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