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The Darker Commodore is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...

 family, native to Subsaharan Africa.

Wingspan: 40–55 mm in males and 50–60 mm in females.

Flight period is from December to March.

Larvae feed on Larva on Coleus
Coleus
Solenostemon is a genus of perennial plants, native to tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, the East Indies, the Malay Archipelago, and the Philippines...

and Plastostema species.
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