Antillea pelops
Species of butterfly
| Antillea pelops | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Antillea |
| Species: | A. pelops |
| Binomial name | |
| Antillea pelops (Drury, 1773) | |
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Antillea pelops is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Caribbean, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Montserrat and Saint Kitts.
The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm for males and 11–13 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Blechum pyramidatum and Justicia comata.
Subspecies
- A. p. pelops
- A. p. anacaona (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Cuba)
- A. p. pygmaea (Godart, 1819) (Jamaica)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Antillea pelops.
Wikispecies has information related to Antillea pelops.
- "Antillea Higgins, [1959]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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