Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Junonia | |
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Similar Junonia chorimene, Junonia westermanni, Junonia gregorii, Junonia sophia, Junonia terea | ||
Junonia cymodoce, the blue leaf butterfly or blue leaf pansy, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome & Principe, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia. The habitat consists of lowland forests.
The larvae feed on Ruellia species and Asystasia gangetica.
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