Junonia westermanni
Blue spot pansy | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Junonia |
Species: | J. westermanni |
Binomial name | |
Junonia westermanni (Westwood, 1870)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Junonia westermanni, the blue spot pansy, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the central part of the Afrotropic ecozone.
Its wingspan is about 25 mm.
The larvae feed on Asystasia, Brillantaisia, Barleria, Justicia, Paulowilhemlmia, Ruellia, and Pupalia.
Subspecies
- Junonia westermanni westermanni (Côte d'Ivoire to Angola, Zaire, south-western Ethiopia)
- Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (western Uganda to Kenya)
- Junonia westermanni splendens (Schmidt, 1921) (eastern Tanzania, from the Usambara Mountains to Lindi)
References
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