Junonia sophia
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| J. s. infracta male dark form, Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
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| Species: | J. sophia
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Junonia sophia, the little commodore or little pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and savanna.
The larvae feed on , , , , Asystasia, Barleria, Justicia, and Ruellia species.
Subspecies[]
- Junonia sophia sophia — Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon
- Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888 — Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western and central Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia
Female J. s. sophia white form
Ghana
Female J. s. sophia dark form
Ghana
J. s. infracta, male white form
Harenna Forest, Ethiopia
J. s. infracta, white form
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
J. s. infracta, dark form
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
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 2012-05-29.
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