"African leaf butterfly" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Kallimoides rumia.
African leaf butterfly
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Precis
Species:
P. tugela
Binomial name
Precis tugela
Trimen, 1879
Synonyms
Junonia tugela
Junonia aurorina Butler, 1894
Junonia pyriformis Butler, 1896
Precis tugela, the African leaf butterfly[1] or eared commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa. It is commonly included in the genus Junonia rather than Precis.
The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 58–64 mm in females.[1]
The larvae feed on Plectranthus species and Englerastrum scandens.
^ abWoodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Precis. The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 58–64 mm in females. The larvae feed on Plectranthus species and Englerastrum scandens. Precistugela tugela...
awarded their own genus, Kamilla. The leaf butterfly J. tugela is sometimes included in Precis instead of Junonia. Recent phylogenetic and DNA research...
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