Junonia terea explained

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. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.^[2]

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

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

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 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Woodhall, Steve . Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . 2005 . Cape Town, South Africa . Struik . 978-1-86872-724-7.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . March 25, 2019 . Junonia terea (Drury, 1773) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 29, 2019.