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Anaea troglodyta (Florida Leafwing)

Synonyms: Papilio troglodyta

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Infraspecies

Anaea troglodyta aidea
Anaea troglodyta astina
Anaea troglodyta borinquenalis
Anaea troglodyta floridalis (Florida Leafwing)
Anaea troglodyta minor
Anaea troglodyta portia
Anaea troglodyta troglodyta

Prey / Diet

Acalypha macrostachya[1]
Croton heptalon (pepperbush)[2]
Croton humilis (pepperbush)[1]
Croton linearis[1]
Croton soliman (Soliman's croton)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0