Precis actia

Precis actia, the air commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Zimbabwe, and western Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and savanna.

Air commodore
male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Precis
Species:
P. actia
Binomial name
Precis actia
Synonyms
  • Precis vetula Staudinger, 1885
  • Precis pelarga f. furcata Rothschild and Jordan, 1903
  • Precis pelarga albofasciata Suffert, 1904
  • Precis actia rubrofasciata Suffert, 1904

Both sexes are attracted to flowers and males also engage in mud-puddling.

The larvae feed on Platostoma species.

References
  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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