Anartia | |
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White peacock ( Anartia jatrophae) | |
Scientific classification
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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.
Listed alphabetically. [1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Anartia amathea ( Linnaeus, 1758) | brown peacock or scarlet peacock | Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua |
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Anartia chrysopelea Hübner, [1831] | Cuban peacock or Caribbean peacock | Cuba |
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Anartia fatima ( Fabricius, 1793) | banded peacock or Fatima | south Texas, Mexico, and Central America |
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Anartia jatrophae ( Linnaeus, 1763) | white peacock or masote | southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. |
Anartia lytrea ( Godart, 1819) | Godart's peacock or Hispaniolan peacock | Hispaniola and the Swan Islands of Honduras |
Media related to
Anartia at Wikimedia Commons
Anartia | |
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White peacock ( Anartia jatrophae) | |
Scientific classification
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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.
Listed alphabetically. [1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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|
Anartia amathea ( Linnaeus, 1758) | brown peacock or scarlet peacock | Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua |
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Anartia chrysopelea Hübner, [1831] | Cuban peacock or Caribbean peacock | Cuba |
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Anartia fatima ( Fabricius, 1793) | banded peacock or Fatima | south Texas, Mexico, and Central America |
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Anartia jatrophae ( Linnaeus, 1763) | white peacock or masote | southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. |
Anartia lytrea ( Godart, 1819) | Godart's peacock or Hispaniolan peacock | Hispaniola and the Swan Islands of Honduras |
Media related to
Anartia at Wikimedia Commons