Precis archesia, the garden inspector or garden commodore, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to Subsaharan Africa.
Wingspan: 45–50 mm for males and 50–60 mm for females.
Flight period is year-round with two main broods from September to March and April to August.
Subspecies P. a. archesia — Kenya, Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province to the south-east P. a. ugandensis (McLeod, 1980) — Sudan, Uganda
Diet Larval food plants include Plectranthus esculentus, Plectranthus fruticosus, Rabdosiella calycina, Pycnostachys reticulata, and Pycnostachys urticifolia.Precis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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