Precis ceryne

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Marsh commodore

| image = Precis ceryne00.jpg

| image_caption = The dry-season form (f. tukuoa) of the nominate subspecies in South Africa

| taxon = Precis ceryne

| authority = (Boisduval, 1847)

| synonyms =

  • Salamis ceryne Boisduval, 1847
  • Salamis tukuoa Wallengren, 1857
  • Kallimula ceryne f. achaeus Stoneham, 1965
  • Kallimula ceryne f. obscura Stoneham, 1965

}}

Precis ceryne, the marsh 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: 40–45 mm in males and 42–50 mm in females.

Subspecies

  • P. c. ceryne – Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini
  • P. c. ceruana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon

Diet

Larval food plants include Coleus, Plastostema, and Pycnostachys species.[http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/precis/index.html Precis] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

References