Protogoniomorpha temora

Protogoniomorpha temora, the blue mother-of-pearl or eastern blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia.^[2] The habitat consists of dense forests and riverine thicket.

Protogoniomorpha temora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Protogoniomorpha
Species:	P. temora
Binomial name
Protogoniomorpha temora (Felder & Felder, 1867)[1]
P. t. temora (Felder, 1867)   P. t. virescens (Suffert, 1904)
Synonyms
Salamis temora Felder & Felder, 1867 Junonia temora Salamis amarantha Butler, 1869 Salamis temora virescens Suffert, 1904 Junonia temora virescens

The larvae feed on Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton, Mimulopsis spatulata, Sclerochiton paulowilhelmina, Justicia, Asystasia and Mellera species.

Subspecies

• Protogoniomorpha temora temora (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, western Kenya, southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
• Protogoniomorpha temora virescens (Suffert, 1904) (Tanzania: east to the Nguru and Uluguru Mountains)