Biology:Precis actia

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Air commodore
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male and female
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P. actia
Binomial name
Precis actia
Distant, 1880[1]
Synonyms
  • Precis vetula Staudinger, 1885
  • Precis pelarga f. furcata Rothschild and Jordan, 1903
  • Precis pelarga albofasciata Suffert, 1904
  • Precis actia rubrofasciata Suffert, 1904

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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7239487 entry