#3098 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

White Peacock

Anartia jatrophae

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Heydi M. Herrera-Rosales · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Mary Keim · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Carlos Alexandre Mattos Raposo · CC BY 4.0
4. © John Rosford · CC BY 4.0
5. © Miranda85 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © The Leach · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © linapaola2021 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © linapaola2021 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Adrián Afonso · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

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 petunia ( Ruellia caroliniana ). The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 55,092iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
55,092 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1763 (263 years ago).