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Junonia natalica (Natal Pansy)

Synonyms: Precis hecate; Precis natalica

Wikipedia Abstract

Junonia natalica, the Natal pansy or brown pansy, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The wingspan is 45–50 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica and Phaulopsis imbricata.
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Infraspecies

Junonia natalica angolensis
Junonia natalica natalensis
Junonia natalica natalica
Junonia natalica schmidti

Prey / Diet

Asystasia crispata (Ganges primrose)[1]
Asystasia gangetica (Chinese violet)[2]
Dyschoriste linearis (polkadots)[2]
Phaulopsis rupestris[2]
Plectranthus esculentus (kaffir potato)[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0