Anaea troglodyta

Anaea troglodyta
Cuban red leaf A. t. cubana
male, Grand Cayman
Jamaican tropical leafwing, A. t. portia
Jamaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Anaeini
Genus: Anaea
Hübner, 1819
Species: A. troglodyta
Binomial name
Anaea troglodyta
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Anaea floridalis (Johnson & Comstock, 1941)
  • Anaea floraesta Jonhson & Comstock, 1941
  • Papilio troglodyta Fabricius, 1775

The Florida Leafwing, Portia or Florida Goatweed Butterfly (Anaea troglodyta) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Southern Florida and on many islands of the Caribbean. In Jamaica, it is known as the Jamaican Tropical Leafwing and in the Cayman Islands and Cuba it is known as the Cuban Red Leaf.


The wingspan is 76–90 millimetres (3.0–3.5 in). Adults are on wing from October to April (dry season form) and from May to October (wet season form).

The larvae feed on Croton cascarilla. Adults feed on rotting fruit, dung and fluids.

Although over 230 species have been included in the genus Anaea, Lamas (2004) considers all Anaea populations to represent a single species, Anaea troglodyta (Fabricius 1775).[1]

Subspecies

Some authors list the following subspecies, while others treat (most) as valid species or even synonyms:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Lamas G ed. (2004) Checklistof Neotropical Butterflies : Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
  2. ↑ R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9, pp. 36-37


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