Subspecies in India
(1) Junonia hierta hierta (Fabricius, 1798) – Oriental Yellow Pansy
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 6 | |
| Kerala | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 15 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 46 | 40 | 29 | 39 | 33 | 22 | 36 |
Asystasia (Robinson et al. 2010), Barleria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Eremomastax (Robinson et al. 2010), Hygrophila auriculata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Hygrophila costata (Robinson et al. 2010), Justicia (Robinson et al. 2010), Ruellia (Robinson et al. 2010) (Acanthaceae). Mimosa pudica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Fabaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Saji K., A. Soman, and A. Kanwal 2025. Junonia hierta (Fabricius, 1798) – Yellow Pansy. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/junonia-hierta, accessed 2025/05/19.