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Little Pansy or Little Commodore (male)

Junonia sophia

Description:

The Little Pansy or Little Commodore (Junonia sophia) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. 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. On the female, the white markings are more yellow, and the dark border is narrower. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/531...

Habitat:

Seen in wetlands on some bushes at the edge of Magombe Swamp

Notes:

Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. Located outside Kibale Forest park in Magombe Swamp. The sanctuary was set up to preserve the exclusive environmental features along with the wetland.

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pamsai
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pamsai

Kamwenge, Uganda

Spotted on Jul 12, 2014
Submitted on Aug 8, 2014

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