Blue Pansy
Name of a medium-sized species of
butterfly, with the binomial names Junonia orithya
and Precis orithya, among many others. It has a wide range with many
subspecies and in
Australia, the Blue Pansy is known as the Blue Argus, whilst in southern Africa,
it is referred to as the Eyed Pansy. Above, the forewings of the
male are
blackish-brown, with a whitish sub-apical band, some orange and blue bars, and
two orange eye-spots with a black centre. The hindwings are bright blue with a
white-centered orange eye-spot in space two and a much smaller dark spot in
space five. The female, is similarly marked, but with a much duller greyish-blue
hue, yet the eye-spots in spaces two and five on the hindwing are much larger
than in the male, and those in space five also have clear orange colouring in
them. Underneath, both sexes are the same, i.e. greyish-brown, with cryptic
orange-brown markings, whilst the eye-spots are placed similarly as on the
upperside. In Thai, this butterfly is known as
phi seua
paensy fah
(ผีเสื้อแพนซีฟ้า).
See also WILDLIFE PICTURES.
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