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Brown Soldier

Junonia hedonia

Photo by Juan Manuel
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

50 mm wingspan, brown redish colors ans four round "eyes" in the forewings. Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Junonia
Species: J. hedonia (Linnaeus, 1764)

Habitat:

Road, close to the coast

Species ID Suggestions

Chocolate Pansy

Junonia iphita

Brown Soldier

Junonia hedonia ida

Comments (3)

Hi Juan, Junonia iphita and Junonia hedonia hondai both occur in Palawan. For the rest of the Philippines, subspecies occurring is Junonia hedonia ida. :)

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