Precis coelestina

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Precis coelestina
Precis coelestina figure 13
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species: P. coelestina
Binomial name
Precis coelestina
Dewitz, 1879[1]
Synonyms
  • Precis coelestina f. jordani Aurivillius, 1913
  • Kallimula coelestina f. obscurans Stoneham, 1965

Precis coelestina, the Ocellated Commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa, Kasai, Sankuru, Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya, southern Sudan, western Ethiopia and Somalia.[2] The habitat consists of semi montane areas.

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