Junonia | |
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Junonia villida | |
Scientific 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)
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Species | |
Around 40, see text | |
Synonyms | |
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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]