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Anartia jatrophae

White peacock
WhitePeacock.jpg
White peacock (Anartia jatrophae jatrophae) underside.JPG
A. j. jatrophae, Tobago
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Victorinini
Genus: Anartia
Species: A. jatrophae
Binomial name
Anartia jatrophae
(Linnaeus, 1763)

Anartia jatrophae (white peacock) is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America.

The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter that contains larval host plants. They perch in this area and aggressively protect it from other insects and other male white peacocks.

Topside, male MHNT

Underside, male MHNT

Topside, female MHNT

Underside, female MHNT

Jamaican white peacock A. j. jamaicensis

A. j. jatrophae, Tobago

A. j. guantanamo, Cuba


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