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Precis limnoria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Precis

Precis limnoria

Similar
  
Precis cuama, Precis pelarga, Precis eurodoce, Precis ceryne, Precis andremiaja

Precis limnoria, the white-spotted commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. 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

    Precis limnoria Wikipedia