Precis archesia
Precis archesia, the garden inspector or garden commodore, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to Subsaharan Africa.[1]
Garden inspector | |
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f. pelasgis in Tanzania, East Africa | |
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f. archesia in South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Precis |
Species: | P. archesia |
Binomial name | |
Precis archesia (Cramer, [1779]) | |
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Wingspan: 45–50 mm for males and 50–60 mm for females.[1]
Flight period is year-round with two main broods between September to March and April to August.[1]
Subspecies
- P. a. archesia (Kenya, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province to the south-east)
- P. a. ugandensis (McLeod, 1980) (Sudan, Uganda)
Diet
Larval food plants include Plectranthus esculentus, Plectranthus fruticosus, Rabdosiella calycina, Pycnostachys reticulata, and Pycnostachys urticifolia.[1][2]
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References
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Precis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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