Biology:Junonia chorimene

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Junonia chorimene
Golden pansy (Junonia chorimene).jpg
In Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Junonia
Species:
J. chorimene
Binomial name
Junonia chorimene
(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Vanessa chorimene Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Vanessa orthosia Klug, 1845
  • Salamis ethyra Feisthamel, 1850
  • Precis chorimene f. angulata Aurivillius, 1913

Junonia chorimene, the golden pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Ituri, Kivu and Lualaba), Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, northern and western Kenya, northern Tanzania, south-western Arabia and Yemen.[2] The habitat consists of riverine vegetation.

The larvae feed on Asystasia schimperi, Justicia leikepiensis, Barleria, Hypoestes, Paulowilhelmia and Ruellia species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6314260 entry