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Dark pansy

Junonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the dark pansy

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4 cm – 4.5 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
December
Larval food plants
Acanthaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the dark pansy?

DARK PANSY · WINGSPAN 4.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.5 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the dark pansy is about 2.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the dark pansy live?

Not recorded

Is the dark 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 dark pansy classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusJunonia
  7. SpeciesJunonia stygia (Aurivillius, 1894)

Synonyms Precis stygia

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Aurivillius’ brown pansyEnglish
  • Brown pansyEnglish
  • Chestnut pansyEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dark 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 dark pansy?

An adult dark pansy has a wingspan of 4 cm – 4.5 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the dark pansy?

The dark pansy (Junonia stygia) 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). Dark pansy (Junonia stygia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-pansy

MLA

“Dark pansy (Junonia stygia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-pansy.

BibTeX
@misc{dark_pansy_2026,
  title = {Dark pansy (Junonia stygia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-pansy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}