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Yellow pansy

Junonia hierta Fabricius, 1798

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the yellow pansy

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4.21 cm – 5.33 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 yellow pansy?

YELLOW PANSY · WINGSPAN 5.33 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.33 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the yellow pansy is about 3.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the yellow pansy live?

Not recorded

Is the yellow 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 yellow pansy classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusJunonia
  7. SpeciesJunonia hierta Fabricius, 1798

Synonyms Papilio hierta, Papilio lintingensis

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • GeelgesiggieAfrikaans
  • Gelbes StiefmütterchenGerman
  • Mariposa ojos de venado amarillaSpanish
  • keltakapteeniFinnish
  • Pensée jauneFrench
  • נימפית הריסןHebrew
  • ルリボシタテハモドキJapanese
  • हळदी भिरभिरीMarathi
  • ผีเสื้อแพนซีเหลืองThai
  • 黄裳眼蛱蝶Chinese
  • ルリモンタテハモドキJapanese
  • 黃裳眼蛺蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yellow 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 yellow pansy?

An adult yellow pansy has a wingspan of 4.21 cm – 5.33 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow pansy?

The yellow pansy (Junonia hierta) 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). Yellow pansy (Junonia hierta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-pansy

MLA

“Yellow pansy (Junonia hierta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-pansy.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_pansy_2026,
  title = {Yellow pansy (Junonia hierta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-pansy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}