Biology:Palla publius

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Palla publius
Palla publius male.jpg
Male from Bimon, CAR
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Palla
Species:
P. publius
Binomial name
Palla publius
Staudinger, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Palla rectifascia Weymer, 1892

Palla publius, the andromorph palla, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. 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.[2] 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

  1. "Palla Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Tribe Pallini

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7127690 entry