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Chocolate pansy

Junonia iphita (Cramer, 1782)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The chocolate pansy (Junonia iphita) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the chocolate pansy

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4.88 cm – 6.5 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
All year
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Acanthaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the chocolate pansy?

CHOCOLATE PANSY · WINGSPAN 6.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.5 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the chocolate pansy is about 3.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the chocolate pansy live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chocolate pansy as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Belgium

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the chocolate pansy endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the chocolate pansy classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusJunonia
  7. SpeciesJunonia iphita (Cramer, 1782)

Synonyms Junonia gynaiensis, Precis iphita

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Chocolate soldierEnglish
  • Mariposa ojo de venado chocolateSpanish
  • ruskokapteeniFinnish
  • クロタテハモドキJapanese
  • तपकिरी भिरभिरीMarathi
  • ผีเสื้อแพนซีตาลไหม้Thai
  • 鉤翅眼蛺蝶Chinese
  • 钩翅眼蛱蝶Chinese
  • 黑擬蛺蝶Chinese
  • 黯眼蛺蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chocolate pansy

Other species in the same genus Junonia.

Blue pansy

Junonia orithya

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

Lemon pansy

Junonia lemonias

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

Grey pansy

Junonia atlites

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chocolate pansy?

An adult chocolate pansy has a wingspan of 4.88 cm – 6.5 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chocolate pansy an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chocolate pansy as introduced in 1 country: Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the chocolate pansy?

The chocolate pansy (Junonia iphita) belongs to the family Nymphalidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chocolate pansy (Junonia iphita). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chocolate-pansy

MLA

“Chocolate pansy (Junonia iphita).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chocolate-pansy.

BibTeX
@misc{chocolate_pansy_2026,
  title = {Chocolate pansy (Junonia iphita)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chocolate-pansy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}