Junonia natalica
| Natal pansy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Junonia |
| Species: | J. natalica |
| Binomial name | |
| Junonia natalica (Felder, 1860)[1] | |
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Junonia natalica, the Natal pansy or brown pansy,[2] is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.
The wingspan is 45–50 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females.[2]
The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica and Phaulopsis imbricata.
Subspecies
- Junonia natalica natalica (eastern and central Kenya, Tanzania, Pemba Island, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, Namibia: Caprivi, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province)
- Junonia natalica angolensis (Rothschild, 1918) (Angola, south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi)
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