Brown Pansy

Description:

"Physical Description of Adult Butterfly: Above, the wings are orangy brown with several indistinct but darker brown bands traversing from the costa towards the dorsum. There are two cell spots on the forewing and a prominent series of reddish brown post-discal ocelli on the hindwing. A much less prominent series of post-discal ocelli is also present on the forewing. Underneath, both fore- and hindwings are in duller brown but each has a dark stripe traversing from the costa to the dorsum. The stripes appear to be continuous across the two wings. A large white spot is present next to the stripe in space 7 of the hindwing. A post-discal series of ocelli is present on both wings, and these ocelli are yellowish brown on pristine specimens."

Notes:

Butterfly Biodata: Genus: Junonia Hübner, 1819 Species: hedonia Linnaeus, 1764 Subspecies: ida Cramer, 1775 Wingspan of Adult Butterfly: 55-60mm Caterpillar Local Host Plants: Ruellia repens (Acanthaceae), Hemigraphis reptans (Acanthaceae) It was on a leaf of a bougainvillea plant. Photos taken between 10:07-10:08am.