Junonia artaxia

Junonia artaxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Junonia
Species:	J. artaxia
Binomial name
	Junonia artaxia; Hewitson, [1864]
Synonyms
	Precis nachtigali Dewitz, 1879; Precis nobilitata Thurau, 1903;

Junonia artaxia, the African pansy or commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lomami, Kabinda, Lualaba, Shaba and Tanganika) Burundi, Kenya, southern and western Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are on wing from August to March. There are distinct seasonal forms.

The larvae feed on Hygrophila species.

References[]

^ "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-25.

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