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.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Antillea |
Species: | A. pelops
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Binomial name | |
Antillea pelops (Drury, 1773)
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Synonyms | |
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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
edit- A. p. pelops
- A. p. anacaona (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Cuba)
- A. p. pygmaea (Godart, 1819) (Jamaica)
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Antillea pelops.
- "Antillea Higgins, [1959]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms