White-spotted commodore | |
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Precis limnoria taveta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Precis |
Species: | P. limnoria
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Binomial name | |
Precis limnoria | |
Synonyms | |
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Precis limnoria, the white-spotted commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and thorn-bush country, especially rocky terrain.
The larvae feed on Asystasia species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Precis limnoria limnoria — south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia
- Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891 — southern Ethiopia, Kenya, northern Tanzania
References
[edit]- ^ "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.