Junonia touhilimasa
| Naval pansy | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Junonia |
| Species: | J. touhilimasa |
| Binomial name | |
| Junonia touhilimasa Vuillot, 1892[1] | |
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Junonia touhilimasa, the naval pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
Adults are on wing year round. There are slightly different seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Phaulopsis johnstonii.
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.