Blue Pansy vs Oriental House Rat

Junonia orithya compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Pansy	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Junonia	Rattus
Species	Junonia orithya	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Blue Pansy and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

View Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

Blue Pansy

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Pansy	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Pansy

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

Blue Pansy

The Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya) is a species in the genus Junonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.