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Grey pansy

Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the grey pansy

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5.33 cm – 6.33 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 grey pansy?

GREY PANSY · WINGSPAN 6.33 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.33 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the grey pansy is about 3.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the grey pansy live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Denmark

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 grey 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 grey pansy classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusJunonia
  7. SpeciesJunonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763)

Synonyms Papilio atlites

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Grey pansy butterflyEnglish
  • চাঁদনরিBangla
  • Mariposa ojos de venado grisSpanish
  • harmokapteeniFinnish
  • Junonie griseFrench
  • ハイイロタテハモドキJapanese
  • राखी भिरभिरीMarathi
  • சாம்பல் வசீகரன்Tamil
  • ผีเสื้อแพนซีเทาThai
  • 波眼蛺蝶Chinese
  • アトリテスタテハモドキJapanese
  • ウスムラサキタテハモドキJapanese
  • 波紋眼蛺蝶Chinese
  • 波纹眼蛱蝶Chinese
  • 蘆蛺蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the grey pansy

Other species in the same genus Junonia.

Blue pansy

Junonia orithya

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

Lemon pansy

Junonia lemonias

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the grey pansy?

An adult grey pansy has a wingspan of 5.33 cm – 6.33 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grey pansy an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the grey pansy?

The grey pansy (Junonia atlites) 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). Grey pansy (Junonia atlites). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-pansy

MLA

“Grey pansy (Junonia atlites).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-pansy.

BibTeX
@misc{grey_pansy_2026,
  title = {Grey pansy (Junonia atlites)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-pansy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}