CreatureData

Lemon pansy

Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the lemon pansy

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4.25 cm – 5.5 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 lemon pansy?

LEMON PANSY · WINGSPAN 5.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.5 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the lemon pansy is about 3.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the lemon pansy live?

Not recorded

Is the lemon 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 lemon pansy classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusJunonia
  7. SpeciesJunonia lemonias (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Junonia nirei, Papilio lemonias

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • ঊষুমBangla
  • Mariposa ojo de venado asiáticaSpanish
  • kirjokapteeniFinnish
  • Junonie citronFrench
  • ジャノメタテハモドキJapanese
  • പുള്ളിക്കുറുമ്പൻMalayalam
  • पितनेत्री भिरभिरीMarathi
  • பழுப்பு வசீகரன்Tamil
  • లెమన్ చిలుకTelugu
  • ผีเสื้อแพนซีสีตาลThai
  • 蛇眼蛱蝶Chinese
  • 眼紋擬蛺蝶Chinese
  • 蛇眼蛺蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lemon pansy

Other species in the same genus Junonia.

Blue pansy

Junonia orithya

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

Grey pansy

Junonia atlites

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

CompareLemon pansy vs Peacock pansyLemon pansy vs Blue pansyLemon pansy vs Common buckeyeLemon pansy vs Yellow pansy

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the lemon pansy?

An adult lemon pansy has a wingspan of 4.25 cm – 5.5 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the lemon pansy?

The lemon pansy (Junonia lemonias) 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.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lemon pansy (Junonia lemonias). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lemon-pansy

MLA

“Lemon pansy (Junonia lemonias).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lemon-pansy.

BibTeX
@misc{lemon_pansy_2026,
  title = {Lemon pansy (Junonia lemonias)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lemon-pansy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}