Precis archesia archesia - Garden commodore, Garden inspector

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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Domboshawa (2x left) and Eastern Chimanimani Mts (right).

Notes:

specimen in the photos left and centre shows the brighter coloured wet season form: f. pelasgis Godart

Distribution:

Very common on grassy and rocky hillsides in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in wetter areas of Southern Africa.

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Related plant genera:

Lamiaceae

Plectranthus (Food plant)

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