Second-growth-habitat

Guides

• Anartia fatima

  Banded Peacock, Fatima

  Anartia fatima, the banded peacock, is a brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It occurs from southern Texas through Mexico and Central America to Panama, inhabiting subtropical open areas and disturbed habitats such as second-growth woodlands. Males defend territories around host plants to secure mating opportunities, a behavior documented in both this species and its congener Anartia jatrophae. The species exhibits wing color polymorphism, with individuals bearing either white or yellow median bands.

  butterflyNymphalidaeCentral-AmericaTexasterritorialityAcanthaceaepollinatordiurnalnon-migratorypalatablecolor-polymorphismsecond-growth-habitatriverine