Juno silverspot
Dione juno
The Juno silverspot is an orange butterfly from the warm parts of the Americas. It belongs to the longwings, a group of butterflies with long, narrow wings. As its name says, it has shiny silvery spots.
Lives in
From the southern USA all the way to South America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a butterfly that cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The butterfly sips sweet nectar from flowers.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Juno silverspot about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lives over a huge area, from the southern United States down through South America.
2
Scientists have found five slightly different kinds of it, each living in its own area.
3
Its name Juno comes from a queen of the gods in old Roman stories.
you asked
Most asked questions about Juno silverspot
?Where does the Juno silverspot live?
From the southern United States all the way down to South America.
?Is the Juno silverspot dangerous?
No. It is a harmless butterfly.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Dione juno
- Named by
- Cramer, 1779
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Juno longwing, Juno heliconian
Where the facts come from
- Dione juno (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Haplochromis. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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