Junonia westermanni

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

female, upper and underside

Blue spot pansy
male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

Its wingspan is about 25 mm.

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

Subspecies

• J. w. westermanni — Ivory Coast to Angola, Zaire, south-western Ethiopia
• J. w. suffusa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) — western Uganda to Kenya
• J. w. splendens (Schmidt, 1921) — eastern Tanzania, from the Usambara Mountains to Lindi

References

1. "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms