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Lemon Pansy

Junonia lemonias janome

Description:

Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758), the Lemon Pansy, is a very active butterfly and can be seen basking with its wings open facing the sun. It sits very low to the ground and can be approached easily. It feeds with its wings half open. It is a fairly strong flier and flies close to the ground with rapid wingbeats and often returns to settle back in the same spots. (Wikipedia)

Habitat:

Backyard.

Notes:

Junonia lemonias janome Tsukada & Kaneko, 1985 is the ssp existing in the Philippines. http://pbh-butterflies.yolasite.com/phil...

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Biñan, Calabarzon, Philippines

Spotted on Sep 6, 2014
Submitted on Feb 17, 2015

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