Anartia | |
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White peacock (Anartia jatrophae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Victorinini |
Genus: | Anartia Hübner, 1819 |
Type species | |
Anaria jatrophae | |
Species | |
Five, see text |
Anartia is a genus of butterflies in family Nymphalidae, and subfamily Nymphalinae, found in tropical and subtropical areas in the Americas. The butterflies are known as peacocks, although the common European peacock (Aglais io) is not in the same genus.