White Peacock

Description:

The White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) 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.

Habitat:

Open, moist areas such as edges of ponds and streams, along shallow ditches, weedy fields, parks. It likes sunny open habitats in disturbed woodland. This butterfly was seen nectaring on Zinnia in a garden in Canas, Costa Rica.

Notes:

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