White Peacock Butterfly
Anartia jatrophae
28.5364, -81.0176
Field Notes
Description:
Family name: Nymphalidae/Brush-Footed Butterflies
General description: white with brown markings and orange margins; forewing with small black central spot; hindwing with two small black spots and short tail. Ventral hindwing as above but paler and with some pinkish markings.
Field Marks: white with brown markings and orange margins; forewing with single black central spot; hindwing with two small black spots and short tail
Sexes: appear similar
Wingspan: 35-60 mm
Life Cycle: Egg: green, laid singly on host leaves Mature larva: black with small white spots and black spines Chrysalis: green
Number of Generations: multiple
Flight Season: All
Abundance: Common
Habitat: wet ditches, canal banks, disturbed sites, pond edges, roadsides
Larval Host Plants: water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri), frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/wildflower/completebutterflydata.asp?id=31
Habitat:
Wetlands
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