img
Butterflies

Blue
Pansy

Least Concern

Unknown

Blue Pansy

Junonia orithya

Upperside : somewhat more than half the fore wing from base velvety black, apical half dull fuliginous ; cell-area with or without two short transverse orange bars ; a blue patch above, the tornus; the outer margin of the basal black area obliquely zigzag in a line from the middle of costa to apex of vein 2, including a large discal, generally obscure ocellus, which, however, in some specimens is prominently ringed with orange-yellow. Beyond this a broad while irregularly oblique discal band followed by a short oblique preapical bar frm costa ; a small black orange-ringed ocellus beneath the bar, a subterminal continuous line of white spots in the interspaces and a terminal jet-black slender line; cilia alternately dusky black and white. Hind wing blue shaded with velvety black towards base; a postdiscal black white-centred orange and black-ringed ocellus in interspace 2, a round minutely white-centred velvety black spot (sometimes entirely absent) in interspace 5; the termen narrowly white, traversed by an inner and an outer subterminal and a terminal black line.

Underside fore wing: basal half with three black-edged, sinuous, broad, ochraceous-orange transverse bands, followed by the pale discal baud ; ocelli, preapical short bar, subterminal and terminal markings much as on the upperside; the discal band margined inwardly by a broad black angulated line which follows the outline of the black area of the upperside. Hind wing irrorated with dusky scales and transversely crossed by subbasal and discal slender zigzag brown lines and a postdiscal dark shade, on which are placed the two ocelli as on the upperside; sub terminal and terminal faint brown lines, and a brownish short streak tipped black at the tornal angle below the lower ocellus.

-

Regional Names
  • Malayalam:
    നീലനീലി
  • Marathi:
    नील भिरभिरी
  • Tamil:
    நீல வசீகரன்
Media Gallery
Taxanomy

LEPIDOPTERA
NYMPHALIDAE
Junonia orithya

Quick Facts
  • The eye spots on the wings of this helps in protection against birds who peck on the eye spots assuming it to be head of the butterfly.
ADVERTISEMENT
Similar Butterflies

similar Butterflies you may like

img

Angled Castor

Ariadne ariadne
Read more
img

Angled Red Forester

Lethe chandica
Read more
img

Anomalous Nawab

Charaxes agrarius
Read more
img

Bamboo Treebrown

Lethe europa
Read more
img

Baronet

Euthalia nais
Read more
img

Black Prince

Rohana parisatis
Read more
img

Black Rajah

Charaxes solon
Read more
img

Blackvein Sergeant

Athyma ranga
Read more
img

Blue Duke

Bassarona durga
Read more
img

Blue Oakleaf

Kallima horsfieldii
Read more
img

Blue Tiger

Tirumala limniace
Read more
img

Blue-spotted Crow

Euploea midamus
Read more
img

Brown King Crow

Euploea klugii
Read more
img

Chestnut Tiger

Parantica sita
Read more
img

Chestnut-streaked Sailer

Neptis jumbah
Read more
img

Chocolate Pansy

Junonia iphita
Read more
img

Clear Sailer

Neptis nata
Read more
img

Clipper

Parthenos sylvia
Read more
img

Color Sergeant

Athyma inara
Read more
img

Commander

Moduza procris
Read more
img

Common Baron

Euthalia aconthea
Read more
img

Common Bushbrown

Mycalesis perseus
Read more
img

Common Castor

Ariadne merione
Read more
img

Common Evening Brown

Melanitis leda
Read more
img

Common Five-ring

Ypthima baldus
Read more
img

Common Fourring

Ypthima huebneri
Read more
img

Common Indian Crow

Euploea core
Read more
img

Common Lascar

Pantoporia hordonia
Read more
img

Common Leopard

Phalanta phalantha
Read more
img

Common Map

Cyrestis thyodamas
Read more
img

Common Nawab

Charaxes athamas
Read more
img

Common Palmfly

Elymnias hypermnestra
Read more
img

Common Sailer

Neptis hylas
Read more
img

Common Three-ring

Ypthima asterope
Read more
img

Common Tiger

Danaus genutia
Read more
img

Common Treebrown

Lethe rohria
Read more
img

Cruiser

Vindula erota
Read more
img

Danaid Eggfly

Hypolimnas misippus
Read more
img

Dark Blue Tiger

Tirumala septentrionis
Read more
img

Dark Evening Brown

Melanitis phedima
Read more
img

Dark-branded Bushbrown

Mycalesis mineus
Read more
img

Dot-dash Sergeant

Athyma kanwa
Read more
img

Double-branded Crow

Euploea sylvester
Read more
img

Gaudy Baron

Euthalia lubentina
Read more
img

Glad-eye Bushbrown

Mycalesis junonia
Read more
img

Glassy Tiger

Parantica aglea
Read more
img

Great Eggfly

Hypolimnas bolina
Read more
img

Grey Count

Tanaecia lepidea
Read more
img

Grey Pansy

Junonia atlites
Read more
img

Indian Tortoiseshell

Aglais caschmirensis
Read more
img

Joker

Byblia ilithyia
Read more
img

Knight

Lebadea martha
Read more
img

Large Yeoman

Cirrochroa aoris
Read more
img

Lemon Pansy

Junonia lemonias
Read more
img

Leopard Lacewing

Cethosia cyane
Read more
img

Magpie Crow

Euploea radamanthus
Read more
img

Malabar Tree-Nymph

Idea malabarica
Read more
img

Nigger

Orsotriaena medus
Read more
img

Orange Oakleaf

Kallima inachus
Read more
img

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui
Read more
img

Peacock Pansy

Junonia almana
Read more
img

Plain Tiger

Danaus chrysippus
Read more
img

Powdered Baron

Euthalia monina
Read more
img

Red Lacewing

Cethosia biblis
Read more
img

Redspot Duke

Dophla evelina
Read more
img

Rustic

Cupha erymanthis
Read more
img

Short-banded Sailer

Phaedyma columella
Read more
img

Small Yellow Sailer

Neptis miah
Read more
img

Staff Sergeant

Athyma selenophora
Read more
img

Streaked Baron

Euthalia alpheda
Read more
img

Striped Blue Crow

Euploea mulciber
Read more
img

Sullied Sailer

Neptis clinia
Read more
img

Tamil Yeoman

Cirrochroa thais
Read more
img

Tawny Coster

Acraea terpsicore
Read more
img

Tawny Rajah

Charaxes bernardus
Read more
img

Unbroken Sergeant

Athyma pravara
Read more
img

White-bar Bushbrown

Mycalesis anaxias
Read more
img

Wizard

Rhinopalpa polynice
Read more
img

Yellow Pansy

Junonia hierta
Read more