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Junonia sophia
The Little Pansy or Little Commodore (Junonia sophia) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. This very pretty species is found in degraded forest habitats, e.g. in clearings, glades and along wide logging roads. It is also common in parks and gardens. The butterflies tend to form small colonies. Typically a dozen or so can be found flying together in sunny forest glades and similar semi-open habitats, where they bask on grass-heads or flowers with wings fully outspread.
Along a clear section between a tropical forest and a huge sugar cane plantation.
Mabira Forest, the only remaining tropical jungle in central Uganda. A huge sugar cane plantation is ever trying to take over the forest, and people are fighting to retain it.
thank you Kathleen. I went to Uganda with the idea to photograph as many butterflies as I could find as I heard they have so many species there. And there were definitely butterflies everywhere. Sometimes I was in a cloud of butterflies, if I disturbed them while they were mud-puddling, and the amazing thing was there were so many different species together. A butterfly lover's paradise. And I hear Ghana is equally good. It's on my wish list!