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Similar Junonia sophia, Junonia terea, Junonia cymodoce, Junonia westermanni, Junonia gregorii |
Junonia chorimene, the golden pansy, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Lualaba), Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, northern and western Kenya, northern Tanzania, south-western Arabia and Yemen. The habitat consists of riverine vegetation.
The larvae feed on Asystasia schimperi, Justicia leikepiensis, Barleria, Hypoestes, Paulowilhelmia and Ruellia species.
References
Junonia chorimene Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA