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title: "Blue Pansy"
description: "Junonia orithya — Insetos e aranhas. Junonia orithya is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/blue-pansy
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Pansy

> Junonia orithya — Insetos e aranhas. Junonia orithya is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

- Scientific name: *Junonia orithya*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 14505
- Wikidata: [Q714571](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714571)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51566](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51566)

## Names

- en: Blue Pansy
- es: Mariposa pavo real índigo del sur
- fr: Junonie bleu ardent

## Countries with the most observations

IN (3013), AU (1412), ZA (1349), ID (1333), MY (1093), SG (1016), TW (741), TH (678), CN (561), JP (363), AE (251), PK (239)

## Summary

Junonia orithya is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. In India, its common English name is the blue pansy, but in southern Africa it is known as the eyed pansy as the name blue pansy refers to Junonia oenone. In Australia, this butterfly is known as the blue argus, but this name also is used for the Aricia anteros in Europe.
The Blue Pansy has been declared as the state butterfly of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India.

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

## Photo

![Blue Pansy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-pansy/medium.jpg)

Photo: Haneesh K M · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129000237

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-pansy?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).