Junonia

Junonia
Junonia villida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Junoniini
Genus: Junonia
Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Junonia evarete
(Cramer, 1779)
Species

Around 40, see text

Synonyms
  • Alcyoneis Hübner, [1819]
  • Aresta Billberg, 1820
  • Kamilla Collins & Larsen, 1991

Junonia is a genus of nymphalid butterflies, described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.[1] They are commonly known as buckeyes, pansies or commodores. This genus flies on every continent except Antarctica and Europe. The genus contains roughly 30 to 35 species.[2]

  1. ^ Hübner, J. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 17-176, 1819.
  2. ^ "Junonia Research | Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum | Sanibel". shellmuseum. Retrieved 2024-03-31.