Royal Blue Pansy

Junonia rhadama · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

Also called: Brilliant Blue

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Royal Blue Pansy
Photo: Louis Imbeau, CC BY

How to recognize it

The brilliant blue, Junonia rhadama, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in transformed grasslands and anthropogenic environments.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

The larvae feed on Barleria species.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

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

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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