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Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775)

- harpyia (Fabricius, 1781)
- trullus (Herbst, 1794)
- galami (Boisduval, 1833)
- monroviana (Staudinger, 1885)
- moyambensis (Wichgraf, 1921)
- proetigiana (Stoneham, 1965)
- leodice (Cramer, [1777])

Adult morphologyWingspan25
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)797
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)344
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Lamiaceae
    - Coleus
    - Solenostemon

  • Lamiaceae
    - Coleus
    - Solenostemon

Records
All subspecies
subspecies

1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011