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Junonia stygia
Junonia stygia, the Brown Pansy, Dark Pansy or Aurivillius’ Brown Pansy, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family
Seen at the edge of the forest beside a dirt road leading to the lodge in Mabira tropical forest, central Uganda. South of the main road.
Mabira Forest is the only large remaining tract of tropical jungle in central Uganda. A huge sugar cane plantation is ever encroaching on the forest, trying to take it over, and the people are fighting to retain it.
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