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Naval pansy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Junonia
Species:	J. touhilimasa
Binomial name
Junonia touhilimasa Vuillot, 1892
Synonyms
Junonia pavonina Butler, 1895 Precis touhilimasa f. obscurata Ball, 1932

Junonia touhilimasa, the naval pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are on wing year round. There are slightly different seasonal forms.

The larvae feed on Phaulopsis johnstonii.

References

1. "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

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