Anartia

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.

Anartia
White peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Victorinini
Genus: Anartia
Hübner, 1819
Type species
Papilio jatrophae
Species

Five, see text

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Anartia amathea (Linnaeus, 1758)brown peacock or scarlet peacockPanama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua
Anartia chrysopelea Hübner, [1831]Cuban peacock or Caribbean peacockCuba
Anartia fatima (Fabricius, 1793)banded peacock or Fatimasouth Texas, Mexico, and Central America
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

Media related to Anartia at Wikimedia Commons

  • Blum, Michael J; Bermingham, Eldredge; Dasmahapatra, Kanchon (1 January 2003). "A molecular phylogeny of the neotropical butterfly genus Anartia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 26 (1): 46–55. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00291-9. PMID 12470937. Retrieved 27 September 2021.


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