Description

• Common Name : Chocolate Pansy
• Scientific Name : Precis iphita (Cramer)
• Family : NYMPHALIDAE
• Wingspan : 55-80mm
• Colour : Brown with darker bands.
• Habit : Visits various species of flowers and damp patches Flies close to the ground. Often basks on the low bushes.
• Larval Host Plants : Justicia micrantha, Strobilocanthus callosus, Hygrophila auriculata
• Location : Throughout West Bengal