Precis andremiaja

Precis andremiaja
Precis andremiaja female near Antananarivo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species: P. andremiaja
Binomial name
Precis andremiaja
(Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Vanessa andremiaja Boisduval, 1833
  • Vanessa musa Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Precis boisduvali Staudinger, 1885
  • Junonia andremiaja Boisduval, 1833

Precis andremiaja is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments. J. andremiaja is said by Mr. Cowan to be "common in houses on warm days".[3]

The word "andremiaja" seems to be etymologically a malagasy word. The root -miaja means to honor, to respect while andre-sequence, unknown in malagasy, can be a strain of Andria- which would give malagasy Andriamiaja, a fairly common surname.

References

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  1. ↑ Precis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/cbarchive_47393_acollectionofbutterfliesfromma1840/acollectionofbutterfliesfromma1840_djvu.txt


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