Precis are medium-to-large butterflies (wingspan up to 5 cm). The upperside ground colour is black with white, pink, green, or blue spots and bands, the upperside may also have a brownish ground colour. The wings often have eyespots. The outer wing margins are wavy and toothed or scalloped. Several species occur in multiple colour forms (morphs). They tend to have distinct rainy-season and dry-season forms, that of the gaudy commodore being the most extreme. Transitional forms are also known.
Biologyedit
Precis are savannah species. They are good fliers. The larvae feed on Lamiaceae.
^"Precis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 51 et seq.
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precis, butterfly, precis, genus, nymphalid, butterflies, that, jacob, hübner, described, 1819, they, commonly, known, commodores, found, africa, species, endemic, madagascar, preciswet, season, form, fashion, commodore, basking, gardenscientific, classificati. Precis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies that Jacob Hubner described in 1819 1 They are commonly known as commodores and are found in Africa Two species are endemic to Madagascar PrecisWet season form of the fashion commodore basking in a gardenScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeTribe JunoniiniGenus PrecisHubner 1819 SpeciesSee textSynonymsCoryphaeola Butler 1878 Kallimula Holland 1920 Seasonal forms in PrecisWet season dry season and transitional forms of P octavia Contents 1 Description 2 Biology 3 Taxonomy 4 Species 5 References 6 External linksDescription editPrecis are medium to large butterflies wingspan up to 5 cm The upperside ground colour is black with white pink green or blue spots and bands the upperside may also have a brownish ground colour The wings often have eyespots The outer wing margins are wavy and toothed or scalloped Several species occur in multiple colour forms morphs They tend to have distinct rainy season and dry season forms that of the gaudy commodore being the most extreme Transitional forms are also known Biology editPrecis are savannah species They are good fliers The larvae feed on Lamiaceae Taxonomy editThe genus Precis is closely allied to Junonia The two genera differ in the structure of their genitalia and larval food plant choice The type species of the genus is Precis octavia Species editListed alphabetically 2 Precis actia Distant 1880 air commodore Precis andremiaja Boisduval 1833 Precis antilope Feisthamel 1850 darker commodore Precis archesia Cramer 1779 garden inspector or garden commodore Precis ceryne Boisduval 1847 marsh commodore Precis coelestina Dewitz 1879 ocellated commodore Precis cuama Hewitson 1864 paler commodore Precis eurodoce Westwood 1850 Madagascar commodore Precis frobeniusi Strand 1909 toothed commodore Precis limnoria Klug 1845 white spotted commodore Precis milonia C amp R Felder 1867 broad banded commodore Precis octavia Cramer 1777 gaudy commodore Precis pelarga Fabricius 1775 fashion commodore Precis rauana Grose Smith 1898 montane commodore Precis sinuata Plotz 1880 wide banded commodore Precis tugela Trimen 1879 African leaf butterfly dry leaf butterfly or eared commodoreIncertae sedis Precis permagna Martin 1920References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Precis Hubner Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge 17 176 1819 Precis Hubner 1819 at Markku Savela s Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Seitz A Die Gross Schmetterlinge der Erde 13 Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter Plate XIII 51 et seq External links editImages representing Precis at EOL Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Precis butterfly amp oldid 1219072305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
