Junonia terea

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Soldier pansy
Junonia terea (1).JPG
J. t. elgiva
Tanzania
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Junonia
Species:
J. terea
Binomial name
Junonia terea
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Papilio terea Drury, 1773
  • Precis terea
  • Junonia zipha Butler, 1869
  • Junonia elgiva Hewitson, 1864
  • Precis terea fumata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Precis terea f. januarii Ungemach, 1932
  • Precis tereoides Butler, 1901
  • Precis terea elgiva ab. gomensis Dufrane, 1945

Junonia terea, the soldier pansy or soldier commodore,[1] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.[2] It is found in the Afrotropical realm.[3]

The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 52–60 mm in females.[1]

The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica, Phaulopsis imbricata, and .

Subspecies[]

  • Junonia terea terea (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya)
  • Junonia terea elgiva Hewitson, 1864 (coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Pemba Island, Angola, eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape)
  • Junonia terea fumata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
  • Junonia terea tereoides (Butler, 1901) (northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, central Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Junonia terea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku (March 25, 2019). "Junonia terea (Drury, 1773)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 29, 2019.


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