Precis cuama

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| name= Paler commodore

| image = Precis cuama1.JPG

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| taxon = Precis cuama

| authority = (Hewitson, 1864)[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/precis/ "Precis Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms =

  • Junonia cuama Hewitson, 1864
  • Junonia trimeni Butler, 1894

}}

Precis cuama, the paler commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), eastern and central Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_junoniini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini |access-date=2012-05-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131110182233/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_junoniini.doc |archive-date=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of savanna and open woodland, especially in rocky areas.

Adults are on wing from December to July.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

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Category:Butterflies described in 1864

Category:Junoniini

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson

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