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Junonia terea

Junonia terea

(Drury , 1773)

Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Junonia terea, the soldier pansy or soldier commodore, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 52–60 mm in females.

The larvae feed on Asystasia gangetica, Phaulopsis imbricata, and Ruellia patula.

Subspecies: 
  • Junonia terea terea (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya)
  • Junonia terea fumata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
  • Junonia terea tereoides (Butler, 1901) (northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, central Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

Source: Wikipedia, article Junonia terea. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 670607
  Adult

Eagle Nest Rest Camp
Western Region
Uganda
01/13/2026
Hugo Caverzasi


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242521913/01/2026UgandaWestern RegionEagle Nest Rest CampHugo Caverzasi
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Junonia terea – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.