White Peacock Butterfly Perfect Silhouette Royalty-Free Stock Photography

This is an Anartia jatrophae especies butterfly, from Nymphalidae family. Common name: the white peacock butterfly. Found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. As its name implies, the white peacock is a whitish butterfly, but it has light orange wing borders and a lot of gray brown markings. Each forewing bears a single solid black spot and the hind wings have two smaller black dots. The white peacock is a common butterfly of open, weedy sites along waterways or ditches, where its larval host plants typically grow. It has a fast, low, erratic flight and is often difficult to approach. Females are significantly larger than males. Observed near Petén Itzá lake banks not far from Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), Petén department, Guatemala. Clear ventral silhouette view. Population and distribution can be affected by climate change in the future.