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:Junoniini

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith

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