Precis archesia, the garden inspector or garden commodore, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to Subsaharan Africa.[1]
Wingspan: 45–50 mm for males and 50–60 mm for females.[1]
Flight period is year-round with two main broods from September to March and April to August.[1]
Larval food plants include Plectranthus esculentus, Plectranthus fruticosus, Rabdosiella calycina, Pycnostachys reticulata, and Pycnostachys urticifolia.[1][2]
Precis archesia f. pelasgis, illustrated in Seitz (1910)
P. archesia f. archesia female (rounder wings than male) in Seitz (1910)
Underside of wings, f. archesia
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.
