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Junonia chorimene (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

- orthosia (Klug, 1845)
- ethyra (Feisthamel, 1850)
- angulata (Aurivillius, 1913)

Adult morphologyWingspan26
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)822
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)342
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
GUI:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWE:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species)
WWE

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Acanthaceae
    - Asystasia
    - Barleria
    - Justicia
    - Paulowilhelmia
    - Ruellia

  • Acanthaceae
    - Asystasia
    - Barleria
    - Justicia
    - Paulowilhelmia
    - Ruellia

Junonia chorimene
Photographer: Gerard Bergsma
Junonia chorimene
Photographer: Gerard Bergsma

Records
All subspecies
subspecies

1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011