Precis rauana

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Montane commodore
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species:
P. rauana
Binomial name
Precis rauana
(Grose-Smith, 1898) [1]
Synonyms
  • Junonia rauanaGrose-Smith, 1898
  • Kallimula osborniHolland, 1920
  • Precis rauana kakamegaCarcasson, 1961
  • Precis silvicolaSchultze, 1916
  • Precis omissaRothschild, 1918

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

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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.