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Peacock Pansy


Peacock Pansy
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Copyright: manee makkala (makkala) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 45 W: 0 N: 77] (1588)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-11-03
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/4, 1/125 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Butterflies of Thailand [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-01-29 7:58
Viewed: 522
Points: 8
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The Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.


Family: Nymphalidae
SubFamily: Nymphalinae
Genus: Junonia
Species: J. almana
Common Name: Peacock Pansy

Upperside rich orange-yellow. Fore wing with a pale dusky and a much darker short transverse bar with lateral jet-black marginal lines across cell, another somewhat similar bar defining the discocellulars ; costal margin, an inner and an outer subterminal line, and a terminal line dusky black; a large minutely white-centred ocellus with an inner slender and outer black ring on disc in interspace 2; two similar but smaller geminate subapical ocelli with an obscure pale spot above them and a short oblique bar connecting them to the black on the costa. Hind wing: a small minutely white-centred and very slenderly black-ringed discal ocellus in interspace 2, with a very much larger pale yellow and black-ringed ocellus above it spreading over interspaces 4, 5 and 6, the centre of this ocellus inwardly brownish orange, outwardly bluish black, with two minute white spots in vertical order between the two colours ; finally postdiscal subterminal and terminal blacksinuous lines.

Dry season form on Mikania micrantha (Bittervine/ Mile-a-minute/ American rope/ Chinese creeper) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Underside ochraceous brown, very variable. In most specimens the ceil of the fore wing is crossed by three dark sinuous bands, the outermost along the discocellulars ; these are very faint in some ; both fore and hind wings crossed by a basal and a discal pale sinuous line, the latter margined outwardly by a dark shade, which is traversed by an obscure somewhat obsolescent row of dark spots, and outwardly bounded by a subterminal sinuous line, the dark shade in many cases spreading on the fore wing to the terminal edge of the wing ; on the hind wing the subterminal line meets the discal in an acute angle at the tornus. Antennae dark brown; head, thorax and abdomen more or less orange-brown ; paler beneath.
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Hi Manee,
A nice capture of this peacock pansy. Very well composed with sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Manee,
Beautiful! Almost overall sharp. The Peacock Pansy's details are very visible.
Thanks for sharing
Annick

Hallo Manee
My compliments to a colourful and most beautiful photograph. What a delightful view. The details of both the backdrop and the butterfly is truly eye-catching. The combination of colours and the detail on the butterflies wings are great. A most appealing and bright and sunny sight. You have used the light well, emphasizing the golden colours of the butterfly.Thanks for sharing. I appreciated this one very much.
Kind regards
Anna

Hello Makkala
You have captured this wonderful Peacock Pansy perfectly..The details are very impressive..The specimen seems as though he was at the end of the season with the fragile wings showing signs of damage.
Thanks for sharing this perfect Capture
All the Best
Billy

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