Junonia cymodoce

Junonia cymodoce
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Junonia
Species:	J. cymodoce
Binomial name
	Junonia cymodoce; (Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
	Papilio cymodoce Cramer, 1777; Kamilla cymodoce; Kallima cymodoce var. lugens Schultze, 1912;

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.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

The larvae feed on Ruellia species and Asystasia gangetica.

Subspecies

Junonia cymodoce cymodoce (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912) (Cameroon, Bioko, Sao Tome & Principe (Principe), Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)

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