Junonia westermanni Westwood 1870

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

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