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Junonia westermanni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Junonia westermanni

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Junonia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Junonia chorimene, Junonia sophia, Junonia cymodoce, Junonia terea, Junonia gregorii

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

Its wingspan is about 25 mm.

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

Subspecies

  • Junonia westermanni westermanni (Côte d'Ivoire to Angola, Zaire, south-western Ethiopia)
  • Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (western Uganda to Kenya)
  • Junonia westermanni splendens (Schmidt, 1921) (eastern Tanzania, from the Usambara Mountains to Lindi)

    • References

    Junonia westermanni Wikipedia
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