Junonia terea elgiva - Soldier pansy

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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Rusitu Forest.

Species details:

Notes:
Distribution: Common in coastal bush and low-altitude evergreen and riverine forest from KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini up to Mozambique and Eastern Zimbabwe.
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Related plant species:
AcanthaceaeAsystasia intrusa (Food plant)
AcanthaceaePhaulopsis imbricata subsp. imbricata (Food plant)
AcanthaceaeRuellia patula (Food plant)
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Junonia terea elgiva.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400850, retrieved 13 June 2025

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