Precis rauana

Precis rauana
Scientific classification
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 rauana Grose-Smith, 1898 Kallimula osborni Holland, 1920 Precis rauana kakamega Carcasson, 1961 Precis silvicola Schultze, 1916 Precis omissa Rothschild, 1918

Precis rauana, the montane commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of 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

Precis rauana rauana (Democratic Republic of Congo, western Kenya, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Zambia)
Precis rauana silvicola Schultz, 1916 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda)

References

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↑ Precis, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini

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