Precis andremiaja
| Precis andremiaja | |
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| 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] | |
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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.
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External links
- Image from Museum of Comparative Zoology
- identification for P. andremiaja male and female
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