Biology:Precis limnoria
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| White-spotted commodore | |
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| Precis limnoria taveta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Precis |
| Species: | P. limnoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Precis limnoria (Klug, 1845)[1]
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Precis limnoria, the white-spotted commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Precis limnoria. |
- ↑ "Precis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_junoniini.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q7239498 entry
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