Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Junonia | |
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Similar Junonia natalica, Junonia sophia, Junonia chorimene, Junonia terea, Junonia gregorii | ||
Junonia artaxia, the African pansy or commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Lomami, Kabinda, Lualaba, Shaba, Tanganika), Burundi, Kenya, southern and western Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
Adults are on wing from August to March. There are distinct seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Hygrophila species.
References
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