Vanessula
| Vanessula | |
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| both female V. m. latifasciata Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Vanessula Dewitz, 1887 |
| Species: | V. milca |
| Binomial name | |
| Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)[1] | |
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Vanessula is a genus of butterflies in the Nymphalidae family. It contains only one species, Vanessula milca, the Black and orange, or Lady’s Maid. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of dense and riverine forests.
Subspecies
- Vanessula milca milca (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana)
- Vanessula milca angustifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1928 (Ivory Coast: Nimba Mountains)
- Vanessula milca buechneri Dewitz, 1887 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
- Vanessula milca latifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1928 (eastern, northern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)
References
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- ↑ Vanessula, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Nymphalinae Incertae sedis
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