Junonia chorimene

Junonia chorimene
Scientific classification
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 Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Uele, Ituri, Kivu, 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

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


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