''Palla'' is an
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of butterflies in the subfamily
Charaxinae
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The Charaxinae, the leafwings, are a nymphalid subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China, and southern ...
. All four species exhibit
sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different Morphology (biology), morphological characteristics, including characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecy, di ...
.
Species
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Palla decius''
(Cramer, 777
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Palla publius''
Staudinger, 1892
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Palla ussheri''
(Butler, 1870)
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Palla violinitens''
(Crowley, 1890)
External links
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"''Palla'' Hübner, [1819]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Images representing ''Palla''at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Charaxinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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