Palla decius

Palla decius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Palla
Species: P. decius
Binomial name
Palla decius
(Cramer, 1777)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio decius Cramer, 1777
  • Palla decius f. sagittaria Rousseau-Decelle, 1934

Palla decius, the White-banded Palla, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Calycobolus africanus, Bonomia poranoides and Clerodendron buchholzii.

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