Blue spot pansy | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Junonia |
Species: | J. westermanni
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Binomial name | |
Junonia westermanni | |
Synonyms | |
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Junonia westermanni, the blue spot pansy, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the central part of the Afrotropical realm.
Its wingspan is about 25 mm.
The larvae feed on Asystasia, Brillantaisia, Barleria, Justicia, Eremomastax, Ruellia, and Pupalia.
Subspecies
- J. w. westermanni — Ivory Coast to Angola, Zaire, south-western Ethiopia
- J. w. suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) — western Uganda to Kenya
- J. w. splendens (Schmidt, 1921) — eastern Tanzania, from the Usambara Mountains to Lindi
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Junonia westermanni.
- ^ "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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