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General Information
Junonia almana almana
Peacock Pansy
Animal Group:
Butterfly
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Nymphalinae
Other Name(s):
Precis almana almana
Description:
Caterpillars feed on
Alternanthera philoxeroides
. Wingspan ranges from 50 to 65mm. On flight throughout the whole year.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Status
Least Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Widely distributed in abandoned grassland and abandoned agricultural field throughout Hong Kong
Global Distribution
Shaanxi, Hebei, Sri Lanka, India, Ryukyu Island, Philippines, Indo-China, Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java.
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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.
Young, J.J., Yiu, V. 2002.
Butterfly Watching in Hong Kong
. Wan Li Book Co Ltd.
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.