Precis rauana
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| name= Montane commodore
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| taxon = Precis rauana
| authority = (Grose-Smith, 1898)[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
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- Junonia rauana Grose-Smith, 1898
- Kallimula osborni Holland, 1920
- Precis rauana kakamega Carcasson, 1961
- Precis silvicola Schultze, 1916
- Precis omissa Rothschild, 1918
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Precis rauana, the montane commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.{{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 forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Plastostema and Plectranthus species.
Subspecies
- Precis rauana rauana (Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Zambia)
- Precis rauana silvicola Schultz, 1916 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda)
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Category:Butterflies described in 1898
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
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