Junonia westermanni
| Blue spot pansy | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Junonia |
| Species: | J. westermanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Junonia westermanni | |
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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
[edit]- 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
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- ^ "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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