Subspecies in India
(1) Junonia iphita iphita (Cramer, [1779]) – Oriental Chocolate Pansy
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Assam | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 11 | |
| Kerala | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 46 | 35 | 45 | 21 | |
| Manipur | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||||
| Tripura | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 18 | 31 | 13 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 71 | 100 | 109 | 87 | 62 |
Barleria cristata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Dipteracanthus prostratus(V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Hygrophila (Robinson et al. 2010), Hygrophila auriculata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Justicia micrantha (Robinson et al. 2010), Justicia neesii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ruellia elegans (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ruellia simplex (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ruellia tuberosa (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ruellia tweediana (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Strobilanthes (Robinson et al. 2010) (Acanthaceae). Achimenes grandiflora (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Gesneriaceae). Strobilanthes callosus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Strobilanthes ciliata (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Acanthaceae). A subspecies name, Junonia iphitapluviatalis (Fruhstorfer, 1900), is sometimes given, which represents infrasubspecific variation.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Saji, K., H. Ogale and J. Veino 2025. Junonia iphita (Cramer, [1779]) – Chocolate Pansy. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/junonia-iphita, accessed 2025/05/19.