Junonia almana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1005

Junonia almana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Peacock Pansy

Figure 5J

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-02, T-03, T-05, T-06, T-08, T-09 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, and roadside vegetation.

Identification. Tawny orange with prominent eyespots on upperside of both wings; large eyespot on upper hindwings; two smaller eyespots on upper forewings; squarish apex and concave termen of upper forewings; upperside with three narrow black lines borders on both pair of wings.