- Anartia amathea
Taxobox
name = "Anartia amathea"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
unranked_familia =Rhopalocera
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Nymphalidae
subfamilia =Nymphalinae
tribus =Victorinini
genus = "Anartia "
species = "A. amathea"
binomial = "Anartia amathea"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)The Brown Peacock or Scarlet Peacock "(Anartia amathea)" is a species of nymphalid
butterfly , found primarily inSouth America . The type locality is probably Surinam, 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. North American records are either in error or refer to strays.Larval host plants are mostly undetermined, but these include the families Acanthaceae and Labiatae.
External links
* [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/newt/display?search=145890&from=www Uniprot Taxonomy]
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