Subspecies in India
(1) Junonia lemonias lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758) – Chinese Lemon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Bihar | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Haryana | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 8 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 13 | |
| Kerala | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Maharashtra | 29 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 32 | 38 | 35 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Punjab | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sikkim | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Telangana | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 54 | 29 | 39 | 41 | 50 | 80 | 107 | 67 | 91 | 84 | 92 | 71 |
Barleria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Hygrophila auriculata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Hygrophila costata (Robinson et al. 2010), Justicia neesii (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Lepidagathis cuspidata(V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Lepidagathis keralensis (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Justicia procumbens(V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Nelsonia canescens (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Acanthaceae). Cannabis sativa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Cannabaceae). Corchorus capsularis (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Sida rhombifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Malvaceae).A subspecies name, Junonia lemonias vaisya (Fruhstorfer, 1912), is sometimes given, which represents infrasubspecific variation.
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
Anonymous 2026. Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758) – Lemon 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-lemonias, accessed 2026/05/23.