White-spotted commodore
Precis limnoria taveta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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

  • Precis limnoria limnoria — south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia
  • Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891 — southern Ethiopia, Kenya, northern Tanzania

References

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  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.


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