Anartia jatrophae

Anartia jatrophae
	butterfly house specimen
	A. j. jatrophae, Tobago
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Anartia
Species:	A. jatrophae
Binomial name
	Anartia jatrophae; (Linnaeus, 1763)

Anartia jatrophae, the white peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. The white peacock's larval hosts are water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri),^[2]^[3] lemon bacopa (Bacopa caroliniensis),^[4] tropical waterhyssop (Bacopa innominata),^[5] frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora),^[6] lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata),^[7] and Carolina wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniana).^[8]^[9]^[10] 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.^[11]

Subspecies

Seven subspecies are recognized.^[12]

A. j. guantanamo - Florida and Cuba
A. j. intermedia - Saint Croix^[13]
A. j. jamaicensis - Jamaica
A. j. jatrophae - South America from Venezuela to Argentina
A. j. luteipicta - Central America from Mexico to Colombia
A. j. saturata - Brazil
A. j. semifusca - Puerto Rico

A. j. jamaicensis, Jamaica
A. j. guantanamo topside, Cuba
A. j. guantanamo underside, Florida
Topside, male MHNT
Underside, male MHNT
Topside, female MHNT
Underside, female MHNT

References

^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Anartia jatrophae White Peacock". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ "Bacopa monnieri". Florida Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ "Water Hyssop Rooted Starters". ButterflyWorx. ButterflyWorx.com. 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ Lyn Gettys & Carl J. Della Torre III (April 2015). "Lemon bacopa: Bacopa caroliniana" (PDF). Electronic Data Information System. UF IFAS Extension. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ Cary, Mary Jane (June 2015). "Planting with Purpose" (PDF). The Green Gazette. Naples, FL, US: UF IFAS Extension. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ "White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)". Floridata. Floridata.com LLC. 2015. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ Mike Quinn. "Caterpillar Food Plants for Central Texas" (PDF). Llano Estacado and West Texas Natural History. Steven Schafersman.
^ Mark Hutchinson (2011). "Ruellia caroliniensis – Carolina Wild Petunia" (PDF). Native Plants Owners Manual. Florida Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ "White Peacock". Florida Wildflowers & Butterflies. Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ Lotts, Kelly; Thomas Naberhaus & coordinators (2017). "White Peacock". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Metalmark Web & Data. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ Lederhouse, R.C.; Codella, S.G.; Grossmueller, D.W.; et al. (November 1992). "Host plant-based territoriality in the white peacock butterfly, Anartia jatrophae". Journal of Insect Behavior. 5 (6): 721–728. doi:10.1007/BF01047982. ISSN 1572-8889. S2CID 25562806.
^ "White Peacock Anartia jatrophae". iNaturalist.
^ "Anartia jatrophae intermedia Munroe, 1942". Butterflies of America.

External links

Media related to Anartia jatrophae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Anartia jatrophae at Wikispecies
Protein sequencing

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[1] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Anartia jatrophae White Peacock". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

[FNPS_Bacopa_monnieri-2] "Bacopa monnieri". Florida Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

[butterflyworx-3] "Water Hyssop Rooted Starters". ButterflyWorx. ButterflyWorx.com. 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

[EDIS_lemon_bacopa-4] Lyn Gettys & Carl J. Della Torre III (April 2015). "Lemon bacopa: Bacopa caroliniana" (PDF). Electronic Data Information System. UF IFAS Extension. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

[Green_Gazette-5] Cary, Mary Jane (June 2015). "Planting with Purpose" (PDF). The Green Gazette. Naples, FL, US: UF IFAS Extension. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

[floridata-6] "White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)". Floridata. Floridata.com LLC. 2015. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

[texas_caterpillar_food-7] Mike Quinn. "Caterpillar Food Plants for Central Texas" (PDF). Llano Estacado and West Texas Natural History. Steven Schafersman.

[FNPS_ruellia_owners_manual-8] Mark Hutchinson (2011). "Ruellia caroliniensis – Carolina Wild Petunia" (PDF). Native Plants Owners Manual. Florida Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

[FLMNH-9] "White Peacock". Florida Wildflowers & Butterflies. Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

[butterfliesandmoths.org-10] Lotts, Kelly; Thomas Naberhaus & coordinators (2017). "White Peacock". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Metalmark Web & Data. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

[lederhouse-11] Lederhouse, R.C.; Codella, S.G.; Grossmueller, D.W.; et al. (November 1992). "Host plant-based territoriality in the white peacock butterfly, Anartia jatrophae". Journal of Insect Behavior. 5 (6): 721–728. doi:10.1007/BF01047982. ISSN 1572-8889. S2CID 25562806.

[12] "White Peacock Anartia jatrophae". iNaturalist.

[13] "Anartia jatrophae intermedia Munroe, 1942". Butterflies of America.

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