Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Precis archesia | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Junoniini Rank Species | |
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Similar Precis ceryne, Precis octavia, Eurytela dryope, Precis cuama, Junonia natalica | ||
Precis archesia, the garden inspector or garden commodore, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, native to Subsaharan Africa.
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Wingspan: 45–50 mm for males and 50–60 mm for females.
Flight period is year-round with two main broods between September to March and April to August.
Subspecies
Diet
Larval food plants include Plectranthus esculentus, Plectranthus fruticosus, Rabdosiella calycina, Pycnostachys reticulata, and Pycnostachys urticifolia.
References
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