Precis tugela
Precis tugela, the African leaf butterfly[1] or eared commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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.
African leaf butterfly | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's 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 | |
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The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 58–64 mm in females.[1]
The larvae feed on Plectranthus species and Englerastrum scandens.
Subspecies
- Precis tugela tugela — eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo, 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 the Congo: Kivu, Shaba, Lomami, Lualaba
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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.
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