Biology:Junonia stygia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Junonia stygia
Brown pansy (Junonia stygia).jpg
In Uganda
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Junonia
Species:
J. stygia
Binomial name
Junonia stygia
(Aurivillius, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dufrane, 1945 Aurivillius, 1894
  • Precis stygia var. fuscata Precis stygia
  • Holland, 1920 Precis stygia fuscata ab. alberici

Junonia stygia, the brown pansy, dark pansy or Aurivillius' brown pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including disturbed areas and secondary forests.

The larvae feed on Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton, Asystasia, Barleria, Justicia, and Phaulopsis species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6314275 entry