Palla violinitens

Palla violinitens, the violet-banded palla, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of primary lowland evergreen forests.

Palla violinitens
Male from Maka, CAR
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Palla
Species:	P. violinitens
Binomial name
Palla violinitens (Crowley, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
Philognoma violinitens Crowley, 1890 Charaxes coniger Butler, 1896

The larvae feed on Bonomia poranoides and Clerodendron buchholzii.

Subspecies

• Palla violinitens violinitens (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria)
• Palla violinitens coniger (Butler, 1896) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Palla violinitens bwamba van Someren, 1975 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri Forest, Uganda: Bwamba Valley)