Biology:Junonia touhilimasa
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Naval pansy | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Junonia |
Species: | J. touhilimasa
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Binomial name | |
Junonia touhilimasa Vuillot, 1892[1]
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Junonia touhilimasa, the naval pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
Adults are on wing year round. There are slightly different seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Phaulopsis johnstonii.
References
- ↑ "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_junoniini.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q6314278 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia touhilimasa.
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