Precis milonia

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Broad-banded commodore

| image = SeitzFaunaAfricanaXIIITaf51, Precis milonia.jpg

| image_caption = In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana

| taxon = Precis milonia

| authority = Felder & Felder, 1867[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 kowara Ward, 1871
  • Precis milonia var. wintgensi Strand, 1909

}}

Precis milonia, the broad-banded commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.{{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 primary lowland forests.

Subspecies

  • Precis milonia milonia — eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Precis milonia wintgensi Strand, 1909 — eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi

References