Palla violinitens

Palla violinitens
	Male from Maka, CAR
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Palla
Species:	P. violinitens
Binomial name
	Palla violinitens; (Crowley, 1890)
Synonyms
	Philognoma violinitens Crowley, 1890; Charaxes coniger Butler, 1896;

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Palla violinitens, the violet-banded palla, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of primary lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Bonomia poranoides and Clerodendron buchholzii.

Subspecies

Palla violinitens violinitens (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria)
Palla violinitens coniger (Butler, 1896) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Palla violinitens bwamba van Someren, 1975 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri Forest, Uganda: Bwamba Valley)

References

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

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[funet-1] "Palla Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Tribe Pallini

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