Precis tugela, the African leaf butterfly 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 Junonia rather than Precis.
The wingspan is 55âÂÂ60 mm in males and 58âÂÂ64 mm in females.
The larvae feed on Plectranthus species and Englerastrum scandens.
Subspecies
- Precis tugela tugela â eastern Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
- Precis tugela aurorina <small>(Butler, 1894)</small> â southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, northern and eastern Tanzania, Malawi
- Precis tugela pyriformis <small>(Butler, 1896)</small> â western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Shaba, Lomami, Lualaba
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