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White peacock butterfly

Anartia jatrophae

Photo by BrunoMoller
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

•The males have a territorial behaviour.
•Their territory is typically 15 meters in diameter that contain larval host plants.
•They are brush-footed butterflies.

Habitat:

Open, moist areas, like parks, edges of ponds and streams, fields, along shallow ditches
-I saw this butterfly in Angra dos Reis (RJ, Brazil)

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Comments (2)
Liana
Love these pics Bruno! Thank you for sharing :)

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PublishedNovember 2, 2016

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