Precis ceryne

Marsh commodore
	The dry-season form (f. tukuoa) of the nominate subspecies in South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Precis
Species:	P. ceryne
Binomial name
	Precis ceryne; (Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
	Salamis ceryne Boisduval, 1847; Salamis tukuoa Wallengren, 1857; Kallimula ceryne f. achaeus Stoneham, 1965; Kallimula ceryne f. obscura Stoneham, 1965;

Precis ceryne, the marsh commodore, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, native to Subsaharan Africa.^[1]^[2]

Wingspan: 40–45 mm in males and 42–50 mm in females.^[1]

Subspecies[edit]

P. c. ceryne – Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini
P. c. ceruana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon

Larval food plants include Coleus, Plastostema, and Pycnostachys species.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
^ ^a ^b Precis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms