Precis limnoria

Precis limnoria
Precis limnoria taveta figure 7
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species: P. limnoria
Binomial name
Precis limnoria
(Klug, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Vanessa limnoria Klug, 1845
  • Precis limnoria niveistictus Gabriel, 1954
  • Precis taveta Rogenhofer, 1891

Precis limnoria, the white-spotted commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. 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

References

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