| Darker Commodore | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Precis |
| Species: | P. antilope |
| Binomial name | |
| Precis antilope (Feisthamel, 1850)[1] |
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The Darker Commodore (Precis antilope) is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, native to Subsaharan Africa.[2][1]
Wingspan: 40–55 mm in males and 50–60 mm in females.[2]
Flight period is from December to March.[2]
Larvae feed on Larva on Coleus and Plastostema species.[1]