Precis actia
Species of butterfly
Air commodore | |
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male and female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Precis |
Species: | P. actia |
Binomial name | |
Precis actia Distant, 1880[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Precis actia, the air commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Zimbabwe, and western Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and savanna.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers and males also engage in mud-puddling.
The larvae feed on Platostoma species.
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