Precis archesia
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| Garden Inspector | |
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| f. pelasgis in Tanzania, East Africa | |
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| f. archesia in South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Junoniini |
| Genus: | Precis |
| Species: | P. archesia |
| Binomial name | |
| Precis archesia (Cramer, [1779]) | |
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The Garden Inspector or Garden Commodore (Precis archesia) is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, native to Subsaharan Africa.[1]
Wingspan: 45–50 mm for males and 50–60 mm for females.[1]
Flight period is year-round with two main broods between September to March and April to August.[1]
Subspecies
- P. a. archesia (Kenya, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zambia to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province to the south-east)
- P. a. ugandensis (McLeod, 1980) (Sudan, Uganda)
Diet
Larval food plants include Plectranthus esculentus, Plectranthus fruticosus, Rabdosiella calycina, Pycnostachys reticulata, and Pycnostachys urticifolia.[2][1]
References
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