Junonia rhadama

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Junonia rhadama
Junonia rhadama, male

Junonia rhadama , male

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Noble butterfly (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily : Spotted butterfly (Nymphalinae)
Genre : Junonia
Type : Junonia rhadama
Scientific name
Junonia rhadama
( Boisduval , 1833)
Underside female
Barleria prionitis , a food plant of caterpillars

Junonia rhadama ( Syn. Vanessa rhadama ) is occurring on the East African islands butterfly ( butterfly ) from the family of Nymphalidae (Nymphalidae).

description

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is about 50 millimeters. There is little sexual dimorphism . The basic color of the upper sides of the wings is bright blue. There is a blue-black stripe pattern on the forewings. In the submarginal region of the females, the hind wings show two eye spots, in the males only one, yellow-rimmed and half red-brown and half black-pithed. The fringes of the hind wings are silky white. The anal angle is pointed. On the gray-brown marbled underside of the wing, the eye-spots of the forewings shimmer through.

Pre-imaginal stages

The first stands have not yet been described.

Similar species

Junonia rhadama is unmistakable due to the distinctive drawing.

distribution and habitat

Junonia rhadama occurs in Madagascar , Mauritius , Rodrigues , Réunion , the Seychelles and the Comoros . The species prefers to colonize fallow land in low and coastal areas.

Way of life

The moths fly in several generations throughout the year, mainly in February, April, July and November. To take in nectar, they visit flowers such as Stachytarpheta jamacinensis . The caterpillars feed on the leaves of Barleria prionitis , Barleria cristata or Barleria lupulina, which belong to the acanthus family (Acanthaceae) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the species (French)
  2. ↑ Areas of occurrence in the African Butterfly Database
  3. ↑ Markku Savela: Junonia Hübner, [1819] - distribution. In: Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Josef J. de Freina: Contribution to the lepidopteran fauna of the island of Mauritius (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Heterocera) , Atalanta 42 (1–4), Würzburg, 2011, p. 112
  5. ↑ flight times
  6. ↑ Food of the moths
  7. ↑ Mark C. Williams: Afrotropical Butterflies, Genus Junonia , 17th edition, 2018, pp. 26/27 ( http://www.metamorphosis.org.za/articlesPDF/1140/176%20Genus%20Junonia%20Huebner.pdf )

Web links

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