Lemon Pansy

Junonia lemonias · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Lemon Pansy
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The lemon pansy butterfly has brown upper wings with many eyespots and black-lemon-yellow markings, while the underside is a dull brown with wavy lines and spots. Caterpillars eat a variety of plants from several families and are covered in rows of branched spines.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Upper wings are brown with many eyespots and black-lemon-yellow spots and lines. Underside is dull brown with wavy lines and spots in shades of brown and black.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Caterpillars feed on plants from Acanthaceae, Amaranthaceae, Malvaceae, Rubiaceae, Tiliaceae and Verbenaceae.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

Caterpillars are cylindrical, uniformly thick, and have rows of spines that branch at the tip.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Common in Cambodia and South Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Nymphalidae)

MonarchMonarchDanaus plexippusRed AdmiralRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaPainted LadyPainted LadyVanessa carduiGulf FritillaryGulf FritillaryDione vanillaeSpeckled WoodSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaEuropean Peacock ButterflyEuropean Peacock ButterflyAglais io

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_lemonias

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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