White Peacock Butterfly Florida

Wander around the wilds of south florida and you might come to the conclusion that the white peacock anartia jatrophae is the most abundant flying creature in our neck of the woods short of the mosquito they are everywhere particularly open wet places and in large numbers.

White peacock butterfly florida. Migrates and temporarily colonizes to central texas and coastal south carolina. And the west indies to south texas and southern florida. See more ideas about peacock butterfly white peacock butterfly. White peacock anartia jatrophae linnaeus 1763 family.

It ranges from the southern parts of texas and florida into south america. 2 0 2 3 host plants. Aug 26 2013 explore faye legros s board white peacock butterfly on pinterest. We depend on donations to keep butterflies and moths of north america online and freely available.

Anartia jatrophae white peacock is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern united states central america and throughout much of south america the white peacock s larval hosts are water hyssop bacopa monnieri lemon bacopa bacopa caroliniensis tropical waterhyssop bacopa innominata frogfruit phyla nodiflora lanceleaf frogfruit phyla lanceolata and carolina wild. The white peacock can often be found along stream banks parks and fields. Florida museum of natural history gainesville fl 32611 352 392 1721 research or 352 846 2000 exhibits.