Junonia westermanni

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

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

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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