Precis tugela
| African leaf butterfly | |
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| Precis tugela depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Precis |
| Species: | P. tugela |
| Binomial name | |
| Precis tugela Trimen, 1879 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Precis tugela, the African leaf butterfly,[1] also known as the eared commodore, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa. It is commonly included in the genus Precis instead of Junonia.
The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 58–64 mm in females.[1]
The larvae feed on Plectranthus spp. and Englerastrum scandens.
Subspecies
- Precis tugela tugela (eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
- Precis tugela aurorina (Butler, 1894) (southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, northern and eastern Tanzania, Malawi)
- Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896) (western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, Shaba, Lomami, Lualaba)
References
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