Precis archesia

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Garden inspector

| image = Garden Inspector, Africa.jpg

| image_caption = f. pelasgis in Tanzania, East Africa

| image2 = Garden Commodore (Precis archesia archesia) (17256903606).png

| image2_caption = f. archesia in South Africa

| taxon = Precis archesia

| authority = (Cramer, [1779])

| synonyms =

• Papilio archesia Cramer, 1779
• Junonia archesia
• Vanessa pelasgis Godart, 1819
• Junonia chapunga Hewitson, 1864
• Precis staudingeri Dewitz, 1879
• Precis guruana Rogenhofer, 1891
• Precis archesia var. semitypica Aurivillius, 1899
• Precis archesia var. striata Aurivillius, 1901
• Precis archesia ab. inornata Neustetter, 1916
• Precis archesia f. coryndoni Rothschild, 1918
• Precis archesia f. obsoleta Joicey and Talbot, 1921
• Junonia archesia ugandensis McLeod, 1980

}}

Precis archesia, the garden inspector or garden commodore, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to Subsaharan Africa.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

Wingspan: 45–50 mm for males and 50–60 mm for females.

Flight period is year-round with two main broods from September to March and April to August.