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Palla decius (Cramer, [1777])

- sagittaria (Rousseau-Decelle, 1934)

Adult morphologyWingspan40
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)784
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)464
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
MEF:
Centered on the moist semi-deciduous forest types
MEF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Convolvulaceae
    - Bonamia
    - Calycobolus
  • Verbenaceae
    - Clerodendrum

  • Convolvulaceae
    - Bonamia
    - Calycobolus
  • Verbenaceae
    - Clerodendrum

Palla decius
Photographer: Gerrit Tuinstra

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011