Royal blue pansy
Junonia rhadama
The royal blue pansy is a butterfly that lives on islands in the Indian Ocean, near Africa. Its other name is the brilliant blue. It is happy to live in grassy places that people have changed, like grassy fields.
Lives in
Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, the Comoros and other islands in the Indian Ocean
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The grown-ups sip nectar from flowers. The caterpillars eat the leaves of a flowering bush called Barleria.
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)
Royal blue pansy 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 on many islands: Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, the Comoros and Astove in the Seychelles.
2
It does well in places changed by people, such as grassy fields.
3
It belongs to a group of butterflies called pansies.
you asked
Most asked questions about Royal blue pansy
?Where does the royal blue pansy live?
On Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean, such as Mauritius and Réunion.
?What do royal blue pansy caterpillars eat?
The leaves of a flowering bush called Barleria.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Junonia rhadama
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Africa
- Also known as
- Brilliant blue
Where the facts come from
- Junonia rhadama (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 Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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