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Scarlet Peacock
Anartia amathea
10.7358, -61.5585
Field Notes
Description:
Scarlet Peacock Butterflies are found primarily in South America. The type locality is probably Suriname, and the species is found from Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados, Antigua. It is reported as common in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Brazilian highlands, the eastern Amazon, the Guianas, Venezuela, and Panama, as well as Trinidad and other Caribbean islands.
Habitat:
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At the beginning of the rainy season, this butterfly can be observed in the hundreds wherever flowers are in bloom and is most likely the commonest butterfly found in Trinidad (Barcant, 1970).
Including Trinidad and Tobago, this butterfly has a vast geographical range,
within the subtropical and tropical areas of Latin America; Central and South America, also included are other Caribbean islands of the Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados and Grenada)(Smith et al, 1994, pg 87). Within these areas, this butterfly is usually found wherever there are
larval food plants and available nectar sources; usually plants of the family Acanthaceae. Human activity is beneficial to this species as their food plants grow along drain ditches and irrigation,and large numbers are generally found in agricultural areas (Silbergliedet al, 1980).
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