Junonia sophia

Junonia sophia
Junonia sophia infracta male dark form, Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Junonia
Species:	J. sophia
Binomial name
Junonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio sophiaFabricius, 1793 Precis sophia ab. ferenigraSchultze, 1920 Junonia infractaButler, 1888 Precis sophia albidaSuffert, 1904 Precis sophia ab. leucotinctaStrand, 1911 Precis sophia f. nigeriaStoneham, 1934

Junonia sophia, the little commodore or little pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests and savanna.

The larvae feed on Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton , Hypoestes verticillaris , Brillantaisa lamium , Sclerochiton paulowilhelmina , Asystasia , Barleria , Justicia , and Ruellia species.

Subspecies

• Junonia sophia sophia — Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon
• Junonia sophia infractaButler, 1888 — Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western and central Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia

• 
  male J. s. sophia
  Ghana
• 
  J. s. sophia
  Ghana
• 
  Female J. s. sophia
  Ghana
• 
  J. s. infracta, male white form
  Harenna Forest, Ethiopia
• 
  J. s. infracta, white form
  Kakamega Forest, Kenya
• 
  J. s. infracta, dark form
  Kakamega Forest, Kenya

References

1. "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.