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Commander

Moduza procris
Eats: Nectar and pollenButterfliesForests and woods6 legs

The commander is a bright reddish brown butterfly with broad white spots across its wings. When it flies, the white spots make a V shape. Its back wings have wavy edges.

Lives in
South Asia and Southeast Asia
Wingspan
6 to 7.5 cm (2.4 to 3 in)
Top speed
about 17 km/h (11 mph)
Flying, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a gentle butterfly.
What does it eat?
The butterfly sips nectar from flowers.
For real!Photo of Commander
Picture by Shantanu Kuveskar. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How wide are its wings?

Commander wings about 7.5 cm tip to tip (3 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)A crayon about 9 cm (3.5 in)A banana about 18 cm (7.1 in)
wings as wide as 2.5 toy building brickscould fly across a whole football pitch in 22 seconds

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cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Its caterpillar is famous for being very good at hiding.

2

Its pupa is so well camouflaged that it is very hard to spot.

3

The male and the female look almost the same.

4

Underneath, its wings are whitish grey with rows of reddish brown and black spots.

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Most asked questions about Commander

?How big is the commander butterfly?

Its wings measure about 6 to 7.5 centimetres from tip to tip.

?Where does the commander live?

In South Asia and Southeast Asia.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Moduza procris
Group
Butterflies
Family
Nymphalidae
Classification
Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
Lives on
Asia

Where the facts come from

  1. Moduza procris (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Shantanu Kuveskar. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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