Harmilla

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Harmilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Pronophilina
Genus: Harmilla
Aurivillius, 1892
Species:
H. elegans
Binomial name
Harmilla elegans
Staudinger, 1891 [1]
Synonyms
  • Harmilla hawkeriJoicey & Talbot, 1926

Harmilla is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Harmilla elegans, the elegant forester, which is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of swamp forests with a dense understorey.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

Subspecies

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