Junonia cymodoce
| Junonia cymodoce | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Junonia |
| Species: | J. cymodoce |
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| Junonia cymodoce (Cramer, 1777)[1] | |
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Junonia cymodoce, the blue leaf butterfly or blue leaf pansy, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome & Principe, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.
The larvae feed on Ruellia species and Asystasia gangetica.
Subspecies
- Junonia cymodoce cymodoce (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
- Junonia cymodoce lugens (Schultze, 1912) (Cameroon, Bioko, Sao Tome & Principe (Principe), Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Junonia cymodoce |
- ↑ Junonia, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini
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