Palla decius
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.
| Palla decius | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Palla |
| Species: | P. decius |
| Binomial name | |
| Palla decius | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The larvae feed on Calycobolus africanus, Bonomia poranoides and Clerodendron buchholzii.
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palla decius. |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to Palla decius |
- "Palla Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Tribe Pallini
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.