Precis milonia

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.[2] The habitat consists of primary lowland forests.

Broad-banded commodore
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species:
P. milonia
Binomial name
Precis milonia
Synonyms
  • Junonia kowara Ward, 1871
  • Precis milonia var. wintgensi Strand, 1909

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
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  1. "Precis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.


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