Biology:Precis milonia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Broad-banded commodore
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species:
P. milonia
Binomial name
Precis milonia
Felder & Felder, 1867[1]
Synonyms
  • Junonia kowara Ward, 1871
  • Precis milonia var. wintgensi Strand, 1909

Precis milonia, the broad-banded commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.[2] The habitat consists of primary lowland forests.

Subspecies

  • Precis milonia milonia — eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Precis milonia wintgensi Strand, 1909 — eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7239497 entry