Selection of food plants for the immature stages by the adult females is a well-known fact in butterflies and other group of insects. The present study reports new larval food plant of Junonia iphita Cramer (Nymhalidae Lepidoptera). The eggs and neonate larvae were recorded on Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson. It belongs to the plant family Acanthaceae. It is usually called as creeping floxglove. The life cycle of Chocolate pansy was also studied under field and controlled conditions. It requires 21 to 32 days for completion of life cycle.