Precis limnoria
| Precis limnoria | |
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| Precis limnoria taveta figure 7 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Precis |
| Species: | P. limnoria |
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| Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)[1] | |
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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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- ↑ Precis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini
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