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Lemon Pansy


Lemon Pansy
Photo Information
Copyright: Pearl Rynjah (pearl) Silver Note Writer [C: 8 W: 0 N: 20] (76)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-12-15
Categories: Macro
Camera: Canon 400D Digital, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/125 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-05-21 7:07
Viewed: 126
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello friends,

This is a shot of a lemon pansy taken near the Hebbal lake in Bangalore. This is one of my favourite butterflies because of the pattern and amazing details on it's wings.
Here are few details about this butterfly. Hope it's useful.

Scientific classification:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Genus: Junonia
Species: J. lemonias
Binomial name: Junonia lemonias

It is brown with numerous eye-spots as well as black and lemon-yellow spots and lines on the upperside of the wings. The underside is a dull brown, with a number of wavy lines and spots in varying shades of brown and black. There is also an eyespot on the lower side of the forewing. The wet and dry season forms differ considerably in coloration and even shape. In the wet season form the markings are distinct and vivid and the wing shape is a little more rounded. In the dry season form the markings are obscure and pale especially on the underside and the wing margin is more angular and jagged. This helps it camouflage in the dried leaf-litter. The Lemon pansy is a very active butterfly and can be seen basking with its wings open facing the sun. It sits very low to the ground and can be approached easily. It feeds with its wings half open. It is a fairly strong flier and flies close to the ground with rapid wingbeats and often returns to settle back in the same spots.

Thank you for visiting and your comments.

Cheers,
Pearl.

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Hello Pearl, sorry it took awhile to get back to you, thanks much for commenting on my Peony photo. Pretty butterfly, well presented. At first I was going to say it looked to blend in with the leaf in front, then realized it was another BF, only the back side of the wing. TFS, :} Don

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