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 all known as "peacocks", although the common European peacock is not in the same genus.

List of species

• Anartia amathea (Linnaeus, 1758), Brown (or Scarlet) peacock.
• Anartia chrysopelea (Hübner, 1831), Cuban peacock, or Caribbean peacock.
• Anartia fatima (Fabricius, 1793), Banded peacock, or Fatima.
• Anartia jatrophae (Linnaeus, 1763), White peacock, or Masote.
• Anartia lytrea (Godart, 1819), Godart's peacock, or Hispaniolan Peacock.

External links

• A molecular phylogeny of the neotropical butterfly genus Anartia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Michael J. Blum, Eldredge Bermingham, and Kanchon Dasmahapatra
• Anartia at funet.fi