Blue spot pansy
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Junonia
Species:
J. westermanni
Binomial name
Junonia westermanni
(Westwood, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Precis westermanni Westwood, 1870
  • Junonia westermanni f. lugens Ungemach, 1932
  • Precis westermanni splendens Schmidt, 1921
  • Precis westermanni suffusa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Precis westermanni f. jordani Aurivillius, 1913
  • Junonia westermanni f. nigricans Stoneham, 1934
  • Junonia westermanni f. pallida Stoneham, 1965
  • Junonia westermanni f. nucleata Stoneham, 1965

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

female, upper and underside

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

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  1. ↑ "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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