Precis milonia

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Broad-banded commodore
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species:
P. milonia
Binomial name
Precis milonia
Felder & Felder, 1867 [1]
Synonyms
  • Junonia kowaraWard, 1871
  • Precis milonia var. wintgensiStrand, 1909

Precis milonia, the broad-banded commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. [2] The habitat consists of primary lowland forests.

Subspecies

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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.