Junonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Nymphalinae → tribe Junoniini → genus Junonia → species Junonia sophia
Species name(s)
Junonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793) = Papilio sophia Fabricius, 1793 = leucotincta (Strand, 1911) = ferenigra (Schultze, 1920) = nigeria (Stoneham, 1934) = Precis sophia. [9, 85]
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Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
- Papilio sophia Fabricius, 1793. [9].
- Precis sophia albida Suffert, 1904. [9].
Distribution
- Africa: Zaire, Angola, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia North. [9].
Subspecies of Junonia sophia
- Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888. [9]
- J. s. nigeria Stoneham, 1934. [187]
- J. s. sophia. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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