Subspecies in India
(1) Junonia orithya swinhoei Butler, 1885 – Pale Blue Pansy
(2) Junonia orithya ocyale Hübner, 1816 – Dark Blue 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 | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 15 | ||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Total | 18 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 40 | 23 | 24 | 49 | 59 | 52 | 45 |
Acanthus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Barleria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Barleria mysorensis(Haneesh & Prashanth 2018), Hygrophila auriculata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Justicia micrantha (Robinson et al. 2010), Justicia neesii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Justicia procumbens (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Lepidagathis keralensis (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Nelsonia canescens (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ruellia tuberosa(V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Acanthaceae). Ipomoea batatas (Robinson et al. 2010) (Convolvulaceae). Mimosa pudica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Fabaceae). Plectranthus scandens (Robinson et al. 2010) (Lamaiaceae). Misopates orontium (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Plantaginaceae). Lepidagathis prostrata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Acanthaceae).
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
K.Kunte 2024. Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) – Blue 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-orithya, accessed 2024/04/26.