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Peacock Butterflies
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Peacock Butterflies

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.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

White Peacock

speciesAnartia jatrophae

Banded Peacock

speciesAnartia fatima

Red Peacock

speciesAnartia amathea

Cuban Peacock Butterfly

speciesAnartia chrysopelea

Godart's Peacock Butterfly

speciesAnartia lytrea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49764.