Species name	Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873) Lady’s maid
Taxonomy	Liptena milca Hewitson, 1873 in Hewitson, 1872-7.  Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 5: 86 (127 pp.). London. Type locality: “West Africa”. .
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 Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)
Geographical Range	Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia.
Distribution Map
Biology	Host plant: Nothing published].
Nigeria
References	Vanessula, Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Nymphalinae Incertae sedis