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Precis tugela

释义

Subspecies
References

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| name = African leaf butterfly
| image = SeitzFaunaAfricanaXIIITaf51.JPG
| image_caption = In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Nymphalidae
| genus = Precis
| species = P. tugela
| binomial = Precis tugela
| binomial_authority = Trimen, 1879
| synonyms =

Junonia tugela
Junonia aurorina Butler, 1894
Junonia pyriformis Butler, 1896

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Precis tugela, the African leaf butterfly^[1] or eared commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa. It is commonly included in the genus Precis instead of Junonia.

The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 58–64 mm in females.^[1]

The larvae feed on Plectranthus species and Englerastrum scandens.

Subspecies

Precis tugela tugela (eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
Precis tugela aurorina (Butler, 1894) (southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, northern and eastern Tanzania, Malawi)
Precis tugela pyriformis (Butler, 1896) (western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Shaba, Lomami, Lualaba)

References

1. ^¹{{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 }}

4 : Butterflies described in 1879|Junoniini|Butterflies of Africa|Taxa named by Roland Trimen

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