Red peacock
Anartia amathea
The red peacock is a bright butterfly with red and dark brown wings. It is very common in many parts of South America. It looks a lot like its cousin, the banded peacock, which lives further north.
Lives in
South America from Panama to Argentina, and some Caribbean islands, in sunny open places
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The butterfly drinks flower nectar. Its caterpillars feed on plants from the acanthus and mint families.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Red peacock about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is common in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and many other countries.
2
It also lives on Caribbean islands like Trinidad, Grenada and Barbados.
3
Scientists still do not know all the plants its caterpillars eat.
you asked
Most asked questions about Red peacock
?Where does the red peacock butterfly live?
In South America from Panama to Argentina, and on some Caribbean islands.
?What does the red peacock eat?
The butterfly drinks nectar from flowers.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anartia amathea
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- South America, North America
- Also known as
- Brown peacock, Scarlet peacock
Where the facts come from
- Anartia amathea (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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