Precis andremiaja
Precis andremiaja is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments. J. andremiaja is said by Mr. Cowan to be "common in houses on warm days".[3]
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| Male illustrated in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana, and female near Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
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| Species: | P. andremiaja |
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The word andremiaja seems to be etymologically a Malagasy word. The root -miaja means to honor, to respect while andre-sequence, unknown in Malagasy, can be a strain of Andria- which would give Malagasy Andriamiaja, a fairly common surname.
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Wikispecies has information related to Precis andremiaja. |
- "Precis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- https://archive.org/stream/cbarchive_47393_acollectionofbutterfliesfromma1840/acollectionofbutterfliesfromma1840_djvu.txt
External links
- Image from Museum of Comparative Zoology
- Identification for P. andremiaja male and female
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