Junonia iphita (Cramer, 1779)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1003

Junonia iphita (Cramer, 1779)

Chocolate Pansy

Figure 5F

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Pale- to dark-brown upperside with darkbrown bands; a series of small eyespots on upper hind- wings; upper forewings with or without small eyespots; leaf-like underside.