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Junonia terea (Drury, [1773])

Subspecies

  • [Junonia] terea terea (Drury, [1773])
    - zipha (Butler, 1869)

Adult morphologyWingspan26
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)823
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)346
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Acanthaceae
    - Asystasia
    - Barleria
    - Hygrophila
    - Justicia
    - Paulowilhelmia
    - Phaulopsis
    - Ruellia

  • Acanthaceae
    - Asystasia
    - Barleria
    - Hygrophila
    - Justicia
    - Paulowilhelmia
    - Phaulopsis
    - Ruellia

Junonia terea
Photographer: Wiebe Poppe
Junonia terea
Photographer: Henk Hunneman

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011