Precis rauana
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Montane commodore | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Precis |
Species: | P. rauana
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Binomial name | |
Precis rauana (Grose-Smith, 1898)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Precis rauana, the montane commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Plastostema and Plectranthus species.
Subspecies
- Precis rauana rauana (Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Zambia)
- Precis rauana silvicola Schultz, 1916 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Precis rauana.
Wikispecies has information related to Precis rauana.
- ^ "Precis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
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