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title: "Meadow Argus"
description: "Junonia villida — Insects & spiders. The meadow argus (Junonia villida) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, commonly found in Australia and Nelsons Island."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/meadow-argus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Meadow Argus

> Junonia villida — Insects & spiders. The meadow argus (Junonia villida) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, commonly found in Australia and Nelsons Island.

- Scientific name: *Junonia villida*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 14715
- Wikidata: [Q946188](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q946188)
- iNaturalist taxon: [197079](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/197079)

## Names

- en: Meadow Argus

## Countries with the most observations

AU (14069), ID (96), NC (80), FJ (52), PG (41), VU (34), CX (33), NF (33), SB (21), TO (17), NZ (15), IO (4)

## Summary

The meadow argus (Junonia villida) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, commonly found in Australia and Nelsons Island. It is also known as Albin's Hampstead eye in the United Kingdom, where it has occurred only as an accidental import.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_argus

## Photo

![Meadow Argus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/meadow-argus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cowirrie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152015647

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/meadow-argus?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).