The Peacock Pansy (
Junonia almana) is a medium size butterfly (wingspan 60-65 mm) that belong to family nymphalid. This specie is found in South Asia. There is a difference in wet season and dry season species. The wings of the dry season specie are highly angular while the underside is dull and cryptic, hence the specie look like a dry leaf from underside. In both species the upper side is orange-yellow in color, having two eye spots on each wing. The eye spot on the upper margin of the hind wing is comparatively large.
Peacock Pansy Butterfly (Junonia almana)
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| Peacock Pansy Butterfly (Dry Season) |
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| Peacock Pansy Butterfly (Dry Season) |
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| Peacock Pansy Butterfly (Wet Season) |
4 comments:
Where these butterflies fly? Beautiful photos. Martin
Thanks Martin for appreciation. I captured these images in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. This is a specie of South Asia.
In NA our Comma and Question Mark butterflies have a similar difference between inner and outer wings -- similar to the dry season specimen. I've seen nothing to compare to the wet and dry season variation in the outer wings, however. Such a difference is truly amazing. Thanks for sharing your photos of them.
cooo! Great job, brudder
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