Anartia

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Anartia
WhitePeacock.jpg
White peacock ( Anartia jatrophae )
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Victorinini
Genus: Anartia
Hübner, 1819
Type species
Anaria jatrophae
Species

Five, see text

Anartia is a genus of butterflies in family Nymphalidae, and subfamily Nymphalinae, found in tropical and subtropical areas in the Americas. The butterflies are known as peacocks, although the common European peacock ( Aglais io ) is not in the same genus.

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Species

Listed alphabetically. [1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Scarlet peacock (Anartia amathea) male.JPG Anartia amathea (Linnaeus, 1758)brown peacock or scarlet peacockPanama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua
Cuban Peacock. Anartia chrysopelea - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg Anartia chrysopelea Hübner, [1831]Cuban peacock or Caribbean peacockCuba
Banded peacock (03135).jpg Anartia fatima (Fabricius, 1793)banded peacock or Fatimasouth Texas, Mexico, and Central America
WhitePeacock.jpg Anartia jatrophae (Linnaeus, 1763)white peacock or masotesoutheastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America.
Anartia lytrea (Godart, 1819)Godart's peacock or Hispaniolan peacockHispaniola and the Swan Islands of Honduras

References

  1. Anartia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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