Junonia westermanni

Blue spot pansy

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Junonia
Species:	J. westermanni
Binomial name
*Junonia westermanni* (Westwood, 1870)^[1]
Synonyms
Precis westermanni Westwood, 1870 Junonia westermanni f. lugens Ungemach, 1932 Precis westermanni splendens Schmidt, 1921 Precis westermanni suffusa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Precis westermanni f. jordani Aurivillius, 1913 Junonia westermanni f. nigricans Stoneham, 1934 Junonia westermanni f. pallida Stoneham, 1965 Junonia westermanni f. nucleata Stoneham, 1965

Junonia westermanni, the blue spot pansy, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the central part of the Afrotropic ecozone.

Its wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae feed on Asystasia, Brillantaisia, Barleria, Justicia, Paulowilhemlmia, Ruellia, and Pupalia.

Subspecies

Junonia westermanni westermanni (Côte d'Ivoire 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)

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