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.
| Harmilla | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Harmilla elegans Staudinger, 1891[1]
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Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.
Subspecies edit
- Harmilla elegans elegans (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Bas-Zaire)
- Harmilla elegans hawkeri Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Uele, Ituri, Kivu)
References edit
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- ^ "Harmilla Aurivillius, 1892" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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