Junonia westermanni

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Blue spot pansy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Junonia
Species:
J. westermanni
Binomial name
Junonia westermanni
(Westwood, 1870) [1]
Synonyms
  • Precis westermanniWestwood, 1870
  • Junonia westermanni f. lugensUngemach, 1932
  • Precis westermanni splendensSchmidt, 1921
  • Precis westermanni suffusaRothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Precis westermanni f. jordaniAurivillius, 1913
  • Junonia westermanni f. nigricansStoneham, 1934
  • Junonia westermanni f. pallidaStoneham, 1965
  • Junonia westermanni f. nucleataStoneham, 1965

Junonia westermanni, the blue spot pansy, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the central part of the Afrotropical realm.

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female, upper and underside

Its wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae feed on Asystasia , Brillantaisia , Barleria , Justicia , Eremomastax , Ruellia , and Pupalia .

Subspecies

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References

  1. "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms