Palla publius
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.
| Palla publius | |
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| Male from Bimon, CAR | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Palla |
| Species: | P. publius |
| Binomial name | |
| Palla publius Staudinger, 1892[1] | |
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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
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- "Palla Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Tribe Pallini
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