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Royal Blue Pansy
Junonia rhadama
Junonia rhadama, the brilliant blue, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, the Comoros, and the Seychelles (Astove Island). The habitat consists of transformed grasslands and Anthropogenic biomeanthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on Barleria species.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 324789.