Junonia westermanni

Blue spot pansy
male
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 westermanniWestwood, 1870 Junonia westermanni f. lugensUngemach, 1932 Precis westermanni splendensSchmidt, 1921 Precis westermanni suffusaRothschild & Jordan, 1903 Precis westermanni f. jordaniAurivillius, 1913 Junonia westermanni f. nigricansStoneham, 1934 Junonia westermanni f. pallidaStoneham, 1965 Junonia westermanni f. nucleataStoneham, 1965

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

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