Junonia westermanni
Junonia westermanni, the blue spot pansy, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the central part of the Afrotropical realm.
Blue spot pansy | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Junonia |
Species: | J. westermanni |
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Junonia westermanni | |
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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
- "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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