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
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]

References

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


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