Precis ceryne
| Marsh commodore | |
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| Tanzania, Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Junoniini |
| Genus: | Precis |
| Species: | P. ceryne |
| Binomial name | |
| Precis ceryne (Boisduval, 1847) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Precis ceryne, the marsh commodore, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, native to Subsaharan Africa.[1][2]
Wingspan: 40–45 mm in males and 42–50 mm in females.[1]
Flight period is from December to March and April to June in two broods.[1]
Subspecies
- P. c. ceryne (Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland
- P. c. ceruana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon)
Diet
Larval food plants include Coleus, Plastostema, and Pycnostachys species.[2]
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