Biology:Junonia terea
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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| J. t. terea Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Junonia |
| Species: | J. terea
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| Binomial name | |
| Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)
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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]
The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica, Phaulopsis imbricata, and Ruellia patula.
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)
female ssp. unknown
São Tomé and Príncipe
J. t. teroides
Kibale Forest, Uganda
J. t. fumata
Harenna Forest, Ethiopia
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. et al., eds (2003). "Junonia terea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=157408.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (March 25, 2019). "Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/junonia/#terea.
Wikidata ☰ Q6314280 entry
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