Junonia orithya madagascariensis - Eyed pansy

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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.

Notes:

Flies throughout the year. Sporadic and less common than Precis (Junonia) oenone and P.(J.) hierta cebrene.

Distribution:

Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal.

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Acanthaceae

Hygrophila (Food plant)

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