Junonia touhilimasa

Naval pansy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Junonia
Species: J. touhilimasa
Binomial name
Junonia touhilimasa
Vuillot, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Junonia pavonina Butler, 1895
  • Precis touhilimasa f. obscurata Ball, 1932

Junonia touhilimasa, the naval pansy, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of 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.

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