Vanessula

Vanessula is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. 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 the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of dense and riverine forests.

Vanessula
Both female V. m. latifasciata Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Genus:	Vanessula Dewitz, 1887
Species:	V. milca
Binomial name
Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
Liptena milca Hewitson, 1873 Vanessula buechneri Dewitz, 1887

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 the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)