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Commodore

Junonia artaxia (Hewitson, 1864)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The commodore (Junonia artaxia) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the commodore

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5 cm – 5.95 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 commodore?

COMMODORE · WINGSPAN 5.95 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.95 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the commodore is about 3.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the commodore live?

Not recorded

Is the commodore 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 commodore classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusJunonia
  7. SpeciesJunonia artaxia (Hewitson, 1864)

Synonyms Precis artaxia

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • African pansyEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the commodore

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

CompareCommodore vs Peacock pansyCommodore vs Blue pansyCommodore vs Common buckeyeCommodore vs Lemon pansy

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the commodore?

An adult commodore has a wingspan of 5 cm – 5.95 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the commodore?

The commodore (Junonia artaxia) 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). Commodore (Junonia artaxia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/commodore

MLA

“Commodore (Junonia artaxia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/commodore.

BibTeX
@misc{commodore_2026,
  title = {Commodore (Junonia artaxia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/commodore},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}