Precis limnoria

Precis limnoria
Precis limnoria taveta figure 7
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Precis
Species:	P. limnoria
Binomial name
Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
Vanessa limnoria Klug, 1845 Precis limnoria niveistictus Gabriel, 1954 Precis taveta Rogenhofer, 1891

Precis limnoria, the white-spotted commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of savanna and thorn-bush country, especially rocky terrain.

The larvae feed on Asystasia species.

Subspecies

• Precis limnoria limnoria (south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia)
• Precis limnoria taveta Rogenhofer, 1891 (southern Ethiopia, Kenya, northern Tanzania)

References

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