See text Precis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies that Jacob Hübner described in 1819.

The upperside ground colour is black with white, pink, green, or blue spots and bands, the upperside may also have a brownish ground colour.

The outer wing margins are wavy and toothed or scalloped.

They tend to have distinct rainy-season and dry-season forms, that of the gaudy commodore being the most extreme.

The two genera differ in the structure of their genitalia and larval food plant choice.