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Little pansy
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Junonia
Species:
J. sophia
Binomial name
Junonia sophia
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio sophia Fabricius, 1793
  • Precis sophia ab. ferenigra Schultze, 1920
  • Junonia infracta Butler, 1888
  • Precis sophia albida Suffert, 1904
  • Precis sophia ab. leucotincta Strand, 1911
  • Precis sophia f. nigeria Stoneham, 1934

Junonia sophia, the little pansy, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and savanna.

The larvae feed on Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton, Hypoestes verticillaris, Brillantaisa lamium, Sclerochiton paulowilhelmina, Asystasia, Barleria, Justicia, and Ruellia species.

Subspecies

  • Junonia sophia sophia (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon)
  • Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888 (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, eastern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western and central Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)


References

  1. ^ Junonia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini


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