Precis rauana

Precis rauana, the montane commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Montane commodore
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species:
P. rauana
Binomial name
Precis rauana
Synonyms
  • Junonia rauana Grose-Smith, 1898
  • Kallimula osborni Holland, 1920
  • Precis rauana kakamega Carcasson, 1961
  • Precis silvicola Schultze, 1916
  • Precis omissa Rothschild, 1918

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Plastostema and Plectranthus species.

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

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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