Junonia terea

Soldier pansy
J. t. terea Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Junonia
Species:	J. terea
Binomial name
Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Papilio tereaDrury, 1773 Precis terea Junonia ziphaButler, 1869 Precis terea fumataRothschild & Jordan, 1903 Precis terea f. januariiUngemach, 1932 Precis tereoidesButler, 1901 Precis terea elgiva ab. gomensisDufrane, 1945

Junonia terea, the soldier pansy or soldier commodore, ^[1] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. ^[2] It is found in the Afrotropical realm. ^[3]

The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 52–60 mm in females. ^[1]

The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica , Phaulopsis imbricata , and Ruellia patula .

Subspecies

• Junonia terea terea (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya)
• Junonia terea fumata(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
• Junonia terea tereoides(Butler, 1901) (northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, central Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

• 
  female ssp. unknown
  São Tomé and Príncipe
• 
  J. t. teroides
  Kibale Forest, Uganda
• 
  J. t. fumata
  Harenna Forest, Ethiopia

References

1. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Junonia terea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 29, 2019.
3. Savela, Markku (March 25, 2019). "Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 29, 2019.