Little pansy

Junonia sophia

''Junonia sophia'', the little pansy, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and savanna.

The larvae feed on ''Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton'', ''Hypoestes verticillaris'', ''Brillantaisa lamium'', ''Sclerochiton paulowilhelmina'', ''Asystasia'', ''Barleria'', ''Justicia'', and ''Ruellia'' species.
Little Pansy Butterfly (Junonia Sophia) at jinja Little Pansy Butterfly seet at Jinja Geotagged,Jinja,Junonia Sophia,Junonia sophia,Little Pansy,Little pansy,Summer,Uganda

Naming

*''Junonia sophia sophia''
⤷ ''Junonia sophia infracta'' Butler, 1888

Little commodore underside.jpg|''J. s. infracta'', white formKakamega Forest, Kenya
Little commodore underside dark form.jpg|''J. s. infracta'', dark formKakamega Forest, Kenya

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusJunonia
SpeciesJ. sophia
Photographed in
Uganda