African leaf butterfly | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Precis |
Species: | P. tugela
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Binomial name | |
Precis tugela
Trimen, 1879
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Synonyms | |
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Precis tugela, the African leaf butterfly [1] or eared commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa. It is commonly included in the genus Junonia rather than Precis.
The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 58–64 mm in females. [1]
The larvae feed on Plectranthus species and Englerastrum scandens.
African leaf butterfly | |
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![]() | |
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Precis |
Species: | P. tugela
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Binomial name | |
Precis tugela
Trimen, 1879
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Synonyms | |
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Precis tugela, the African leaf butterfly [1] or eared commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa. It is commonly included in the genus Junonia rather than Precis.
The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 58–64 mm in females. [1]
The larvae feed on Plectranthus species and Englerastrum scandens.