Anartia jatrophae
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Anartia jatrophae is a butterfly ( butterfly ) from the family of Nymphalidae (Nymphalidae).
description
butterfly
The wingspan of the moth is 51 to 70 millimeters. The basic color is whitish. On the forewings there is a black, circular spot near the inner corner . Two to three elongated, yellow-brown spots stand out on the front edge. The submarginal region is also colored yellow-brown and streaked with dark lines. Two more small, black, circular spots can be seen on the hind wings near the yellow-brown submarginal region, which is criss-crossed by dark lines. A short tail is more or less strongly developed. The underside of the wing shows similar drawing elements as the upper side, but these are paler and less pronounced.
Egg, caterpillar, pupa
The pale yellowish eggs have many ribs and are placed quite arbitrarily individually on the food plants or in their vicinity. The caterpillars are brownish to blackish and have numerous fine whitish or silvery points on the body as well as orange warts and strongly branched black thorns. On the head there are two small black horns that are thickened club-shaped at the end. The fall doll is mostly light, greenish in color and shows some dark drawing elements on the cremaster . Occasionally there are also completely black pupae.
Distribution and occurrence
The range of the species includes the southern states of the USA as well as large parts of Central and South America including the Antilles and the Bahamas . Occasionally the moths migrate to northern US states as far as Iowa and Massachusetts . They prefer to colonize open, sometimes swampy terrain.
Way of life
The moths fly in several generations in Florida and Texas year round. They like to suck nectar on flowers. The caterpillars live in a variety verschiedenster plants, these include Figworts (Scrophulariaceae), vervain family (Verbenaceae), Acanthus (Acanthaceae) and mint (Labiatae).
Subspecies
In addition to the nominate form Anartia jatrophae jatrophae , the following subspecies are distinguished:
- Anartia jatrophae corona gutter , 1880
- Anartia jatrophae guantanamo Munroe , 1942
- Anartia jatrophae intermedia Munroe , 1942
- Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis Möschler , 1886
- Anartia jatrophae luteipicta Fruhstorfer , 1907
- Anartia jatrophae pallida Koehler , 1923
- Anartia jatrophae saturata Staudinger , 1888
- Anartia jatrophae semifusca Munroe , 1942
Individual evidence
- ↑ butterfliesandmoths.org
- ↑ bugguide.net
- ↑ jatrophaelarva
- ↑ a b c d James A. Scott: The butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California 1986, ISBN 0-8047-1205-0
literature
- James A. Scott: The butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California 1986, ISBN 0-8047-1205-0
Web links
- eol.org Encyclopedia of Life