Precis coelestina

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Ocellated commodore
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species:
P. coelestina
Binomial name
Precis coelestina
Dewitz, 1879 [1]
Synonyms
  • Precis coelestina f. jordaniAurivillius, 1913
  • Kallimula coelestina f. obscuransStoneham, 1965

Precis coelestina, the ocellated commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Kasai, Sankuru, Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya, southern Sudan, western Ethiopia and Somalia. [2] The habitat consists of semi montane areas.

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References

  1. "Precis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.