Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus)

Arigela, Ravi Kiran, Kathula, Tarun, Kumar, Ramesh, Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar, Jeevith, S. & Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 9, pp. 85-108 : 94

14) Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus) – Lemon Pansy ( Fig. 6C – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: Cambodia, South Asia ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015) Occurrence and status in India: Very common

Host plants of the larvae: Barleria sp. , Cannabis sativa L., Corchorus capsularis L., Hygrophila auriculata , H. costata , Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy , J. procumbens L., Lepidagathis cuspidate Nees , L. keralensis Madhus. & N.P.Singh , Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. , Sida rhombifolia L. ( Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Kunte, 2000; Robinson et al., 2010; Nitin et al., 2018)

Figures

Fig. 6. Butterflies.A. Eurema hecabe Linnaeus.; B. Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius; C. Junonia lemonias Linnaeus.(Photo. Ravi Kiran Arigela)