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CHOCOLATE ARGUS FACTS |
Identification
The Chocolate Argus is a dark brown butterfly. The upper surface of the wings have a border of two dark lines around the outer edges. The hindwings have five small eye spots inside the border. The underside of the wings have more barring, including a dark wedge shaped bar with small white spots across the hindwings.
Other Names
Brown Argus, Brown Soldier
Size
wingspan 50mm
Habitat
paperbark swamps
Food
larvae feed on Hygrophila species
Range
eastern coastal Queensland from Cape York to New South Wales border, top end of the Northern Territory
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Nymphalidae | | Genus: | Junonia | | Species: | hedonia | | Common Name: | Chocolate Argus |
Relatives in same Genus
Meadow Argus (J. villida)
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