Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Junonia atlites atlites Grey Pansy
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Other Name(s):	Precis atlites atlites
Description:	Caterpillars feed on Alternanthera philoxeroides. Wingspan ranges from 55 to 65mm. On flight throughout the whole year.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Common

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed in abandoned grassland and abandoned agricultural field throughout Hong Kong Global Distribution Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Thailand, Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.

Hill, D.S., Johnson, G., Bascombe, M.J., 1978. Annotated Checklist of Hong Kong Butterflies. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 11: 1-62.