Harmilla
| Harmilla | |
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| Harmilla elegans depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Harmilla Aurivillius, 1892 |
| Species: | H. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Harmilla elegans Staudinger, 1891[1] | |
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Harmilla is a butterfly genus in the Nymphalidae family. It contains only one species, Harmilla elegans, the Elegant Forester, which is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of swamp forests with a dense understorey.
Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.
Subspecies
- Harmilla elegans elegans (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Bas-Zaire)
- Harmilla elegans hawkeri Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: Equateur, Uele, Ituri, Kivu)
References
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- ↑ Harmilla, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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