Junonia stygia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Junonia |
| Species: | J. stygia
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| Junonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)[1]
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Junonia stygia, the brown pansy, dark pansy or Aurivillius' brown pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including disturbed areas and secondary forests.
The larvae feed on Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton, Asystasia, Barleria, Justicia, and Phaulopsis species.
References
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- ^ "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
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