Blue pansy (Junonia orithya)

Blue pansy (Junonia orithya) is an animal species in Nymphalidae, butterflies with at least 23 subspecies, have a variety of hues and colors including blue, black, brown and white, sex dimorphism, live in open areas and agricultural land, larvae grow at the end dry season or early rainy season.

J. orithya has a black body with thick hair, a brown head, large white eyes, a pair of long white antennae with a hammer tip and white legs.



Males have top front wings are dominated by black and whitish brown. Each side has two circles in brown, black and blue. Three stripes are brown and white. The hind wing is predominantly blue. Each side has two circles in brown, black, white and blue. The margins are bordered by white ribbons with black stripes.

The rear wing is predominantly blue. Each side has two circles in brown, black, white and blue. Three stripes are brown and white. The margins are bordered by white ribbons with black stripes.

The underside of the forewings is dominated by brown, white and black with two brown and black circles. The hind wings are predominantly light brown and white with two dark brown circles.

Females have a larger size and pattern similar to males, but are predominantly brown, white and black. Rarely has traces of blue, the circles are larger and clearer.

The larva has a black head and body with a brown shadow. The last neck is orange, the tail tip is orange. The body is covered in perpendicular spines with strong radial hairs. Branched head, reddish spots in the middle of the face. The cocoons are brownish yellow, purplish and have dull creamy white stripes. A small, angular protrusion along the belly.

Adults live in open areas and agricultural land, often perching on vacant lots. This species has a rigid flap and glide flight style. Take control of a territory and repel other butterflies that enter it.

TAXON

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Junoniini
Genus: Junonia Cramer (1779)
Species: Junonia orithya Linnaeus (1758)
Subspecies:
J. o. albicincta Butler, 1875 (northern Australia, Cape York to Brisbane)
J. o. baweana Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Bawean)
J. o. celebensis Staudinger, 1888 (Sulawesi, Muna)
J. o. eutychia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Timor, Wetar, Babar, Kissar)
J. o. hainanensis Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Hainan)
J. o. here Lang, 1884 (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
J. o. kontinentalis Martin, 1920 (Sulawesi)
J. o. kuehni Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Lesser Sunda Islands, Kalao, Tukangbesi)
J. o. leucasia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Philippines)
J. o. madagascariensis Guenée, 1865 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
J. o. marcella Hulstaert, 1923 (New Guinea)
J. o. metion Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Borneo)
J. o. mevaria Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Lombok)
J. o. minagara Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Java, Bali, Komodo Islands)
J. o. minusculus Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Sumba)
J. o. neopommerana Ribbe, 1898 (New Britain)
J. o. novaeguineae Hagen, 1897 (New Guinea to Papua)
J. o. ocyale Hübner, 1819 (India to southern Burma and southern Yunnan)
J. o. orithya
J. o. orthosia Godart, 1824 (Ambon, Serang, Saparua, Sula Islands, Maluku)
J. o. palea Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Tanimbar)
J. o. patenas Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Sri Lanka)
J. o. saleyra Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Salayar)
J. o. sumatrana Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Sumatra)
J. o. swinhoei Butler, 1885 (Burma)
J. o. wallacei Distant, 1883 (Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)

SYNONYMS

Junonia adamana Schultze (1920)
Junonia albicincta Butler (1875)
Junonia alleni Kirby (1900)
Junonia booepis Trimen (1879)
Junonia ocyale Hübner (1819)
Junonia orbitola Swinhoe (1893)
Junonia orithya f. isocratia Hübner (1819)
Junonia orithya var. neopommerana Ribbe (1898)
Junonia orthyia var. leechi Alphéraky (1897)
Junonia orythia var. madagascariensis Guenée (1865)
Junonia swinhoei Butler (1885)
Junonia wallacei Distant (1883)
Papilio orithya Linnaeus (1758)
Precis orithya
Precis orithya ab. flava Wichgraf (1918)
Precis orithya ab. jacouleti Watari (1941)
Precis orithya cheesmani Riley (1925)
Precis orithya eutychia Fruhstorfer (1912)
Precis orithya hainanensis Fruhstorfer (1912)
Precis orithya leucasia Fruhstorfer (1912)
Precis orithya madagascariensis ab. punctella Strand (1915)
Precis orithya marcella Hulstaert (1923)
Precis orithya palea Fruhstorfer (1912)
Precis orithya saleyra Fruhstorfer (1912)
Precis patenas Fruhstorfer (1912)
Precis phycites Fruhstorfer (1912)
Vanessa orthosia Godart (1824)

VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: أبو دقيق البرسيم - فراشة زهرة الثالوث الزرقاء
Australia: Blue Argus
Chinese (simplified): 翠蓝眼蛱蝶
Chinese (traditional): 孔雀青蛺蝶 - 翠藍眼蛺蝶 - 青眼蛺蝶
English: Blue pansy, Eyed pansy, Ox-eyed pansy, Blue argus
Finnish: Sinitähystäjä
French: Pensée bleue, Junonie bleu ardent
Hebrew: נימפית כחולה
Hong Kong: 翠藍眼蛺蝶
Indonesia: Kupu-kupu bulan biru
Japanese: アオタテハモドキ
Java: Kupu bulan biru
Korean: 남방남색공작나비
Macao: 翠藍眼蛺蝶
Marathi: निल भिरभिरी
Spanish: Mariposa pavo real índigo del sur
Taiwan: 孔雀青蛺蝶 - 青眼蛺蝶
Thai: ผีเสื้อแพนซีฟ้า
Turkish: Dicle Güzeli

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