Precis ceryne

Marsh commodore

Tanzania, Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Junoniini
Genus:	Precis
Species:	P. ceryne
Binomial name
*Precis ceryne* (Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
Salamis ceryne Boisduval, 1847 Salamis tukuoa Wallengren, 1857 Kallimula ceryne f. achaeus Stoneham, 1965 Kallimula ceryne f. obscura Stoneham, 1965

Precis ceryne, the marsh commodore, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, native to Subsaharan Africa.^[1]^[2]

Wingspan: 40–45 mm in males and 42–50 mm in females.^[1]

Flight period is from December to March and April to June in two broods.^[1]

Subspecies

P. c. ceryne (Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland
P. c. ceruana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon)

Diet

Larval food plants include Coleus, Plastostema, and Pycnostachys species.^[2]

References

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1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publisher, 2005.
1 2 Precis, funet.fi

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