Junonia hierta

Yellow pansy
Male, Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
Female, Andhra Pradesh, India
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Junonia
Species:
J. hierta
Binomial name
Junonia hierta
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Precis hierta
  • Papilio hierta Fabricius, 1798
  • Papilio lintingensis Osbeck, 1765
  • Junonia cebrene Trimen, 1870
  • Precis oenone var. cebrene ab. demaculata Neustetter, 1916
  • Precis oenone var. sudanica Schultze, 1920
  • Junonia oenone f. aeolus Stoneham, 1965
  • Junonia oenone f. conjuncta Stoneham, 1965
  • Junonia paris Trimen & Bowker, 1887

Junonia hierta, the yellow pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Palaeotropics. It is usually seen in open scrub and grassland habitats.