Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Precis | |
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Similar Precis cuama, Precis pelarga, Precis ceryne, Precis eurodoce, Precis andremiaja | ||
Precis actia, the air commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Zimbabwe, and western Mozambique. 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
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