নয়ান । Pansy On A Cosmos
Junonia almana (Peacock Pansy) - Wet Season Form
Found across India up to 2000m in the Himalayas. An orangish butterfly, with prominent peacock eyespots, flies throughout the year. Prefers waterside vegetation, scrub, forest edges, and gardens.
Family: Nymphalidae
Host plant: Cosmos sulphureus (Yellow Cosmos)
Cosmos belongs to that vast family of plants known as Asteraceae. Although there are 20 known species of cosmos, two annual species, Cosmos sulphureus and Cosmos bipinnatus, are most familiar to home gardeners. The leaves of C. sulphureus are long, with narrow lobes and hairy margins. The flower colors of this species are always shades of yellow, orange or red. The evenly placed petals led them to christen the flower Cosmos; the Greek word for harmony or ordered universe. Cosmos, like many of our warm weather annuals such as marigolds, originated in Mexico and South America.
See Peacock Pansy in action video:
www.flickr.com/photos/23985194@N06/5985967317/in/photostream
নয়ান । Pansy On A Cosmos
Junonia almana (Peacock Pansy) - Wet Season Form
Found across India up to 2000m in the Himalayas. An orangish butterfly, with prominent peacock eyespots, flies throughout the year. Prefers waterside vegetation, scrub, forest edges, and gardens.
Family: Nymphalidae
Host plant: Cosmos sulphureus (Yellow Cosmos)
Cosmos belongs to that vast family of plants known as Asteraceae. Although there are 20 known species of cosmos, two annual species, Cosmos sulphureus and Cosmos bipinnatus, are most familiar to home gardeners. The leaves of C. sulphureus are long, with narrow lobes and hairy margins. The flower colors of this species are always shades of yellow, orange or red. The evenly placed petals led them to christen the flower Cosmos; the Greek word for harmony or ordered universe. Cosmos, like many of our warm weather annuals such as marigolds, originated in Mexico and South America.
See Peacock Pansy in action video:
www.flickr.com/photos/23985194@N06/5985967317/in/photostream