Royal Blue Pansy

Junonia rhadama · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

Also called: Brilliant Blue

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Royal Blue Pansy
Photo: Louis Imbeau, CC BY

The brilliant blue butterfly, Junonia rhadama, belongs to the Nymphalidae family. It lives in transformed grasslands and other human-influenced habitats on several Indian Ocean islands. Its caterpillars feed on plants of the Barleria genus.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Junonia rhadama is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits transformed grasslands and other anthropogenic environments.

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What it eats

The larvae feed on Barleria species.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Royal Blue Pansy photo 2
Photo: Jenni Ly, CC BY
Royal Blue Pansy photo 3
Photo: Jenni Ly, CC BY
Royal Blue Pansy photo 4
Photo: Nick Block, CC BY
Royal Blue Pansy photo 5
Photo: Josip Skejo, CC BY

Questions people ask

What do the caterpillars eat?

The larvae feed on Barleria species.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_rhadama

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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