Junonia terea

Soldier pansy
	J. t. terea; Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Junonia
Species:	J. terea
Binomial name
	Junonia terea; (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
	Papilio terea Drury, 1773; Precis terea; Junonia zipha Butler, 1869; Junonia elgiva Hewitson, 1864; Precis terea fumata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Precis terea f. januarii Ungemach, 1932; Precis tereoides Butler, 1901; Precis terea elgiva ab. gomensis Dufrane, 1945;

Junonia terea, the soldier pansy or soldier commodore,^[1] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.^[2] It is found in the Afrotropical realm.^[3]

The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 52–60 mm in females.^[1]

Subspecies

Junonia terea terea (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya)
Junonia terea fumata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
Junonia terea tereoides (Butler, 1901) (northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, central Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

^ ^a ^b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Junonia terea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
^ Savela, Markku (March 25, 2019). "Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 29, 2019.

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