Junonia westermanni
Encyclopedia
The Blue Spot Pansy is a butterfly
of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the central part of the Afrotropic ecozone.
The wingspan
is about 25 mm.
The larvae feed on Asystasia
, Brillantaisia
, Barleria
, Justicia
, Paulowilhemlmia, Ruellia
and Pupalia.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the central part of the Afrotropic ecozone.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 25 mm.
The larvae feed on Asystasia
Asystasia
The genus Asystasia belongs to the family Acanthaceae and comprises approximately 70 species found in the tropics, including the weedy species Asystasia gangetica.-Selected species:* Asystasia africana C.B...
, Brillantaisia
Brillantaisia
Brillantaisia is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains the following species :* Brillantaisia lancifolia, Lindau* Brillantaisia nyanzarum Burkill...
, Barleria
Barleria
Barleria is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.Some species include:* Barleria cristata, the Crested Philippine violet* B. obtusa, the Bush violet* B. prionitis, Linn., the porcupine flower, a plant from India- External links :...
, Justicia
Justicia
Justicia is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. The roughly 420 species it contains are native to tropical to warm temperate regions of the Americas, with two species occurring north into cooler temperate regions...
, Paulowilhemlmia, Ruellia
Ruellia
Ruellia is a genus of flowering plants. Commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias, they are not closely related to petunias . Both genera belong to the same euasterid clade, however...
and Pupalia.
Subspecies
- Junonia westermanni westermanni (Ivory Coast to Angola, Zaire, south-western Ethiopia)
- Junonia westermanni suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (western Uganda to Kenya)
- Junonia westermanni splendens (Schmidt, 1921) (eastern Tanzania, from the Usambara Mountains to Lindi)