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Red Peacock
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Butterflies & moths

Red Peacock

Anartia amathea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Names

EnglishRed Peacock
Dutch—
SpanishMariposa pavo real roja
Chinese白斑红纹蛱蝶
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAnartia amathea (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Anartia amathea, the brown peacock (scarlet peacock, red peacock), is a species of nymphalid butterfly, found primarily in South America. This butterfly is very similar to the banded peacock or Anartia fatima, which primarily exists north of the range of Anartia amathea. The type locality is probably Suriname, and the species is found from Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua. It consumes nectar. 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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusAnartia

In Suriname

352Records in Suriname
124iNaturalist observations
1932First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne103
  • Paramaribo44
  • Brokopondo43
  • Sipaliwini22
  • Para16
  • Wanica13
  • Saramacca6
  • Marowijne1
  • Nickerie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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