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African Leaf or Eared Commodore

Precis tugela tugela

Description:

The African Leaf Butterfly (Precis tugela), also known as the Eared Commodore, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. Wingspan: males 55-60 mm females 58-64 mm It is commonly included in the genus Precis instead of Junonia.

Habitat:

Seen on bushes by the side of a dirt road running through the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, SW Uganda.

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1 Comment

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 9 years ago

Beautiful!!

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Kanungu, Uganda

Spotted on Jul 17, 2014
Submitted on Aug 20, 2014

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