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Two Peacock Butterflies

The top butterfly is an Anartia Fatima common name: Banded Peacock.
Habitat: Subtropical open and disturbed areas such as fields, weedy places, orchards, and second growth.
Range: Panama north through Central America to Mexico. Wanders and occasionally colonizes to central and South Texas.

The lower one is a White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae.) It is found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America.
The male of the species displays a unique territorial behaviour, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 metres in diameter that contains larval host plants.
They perch in this area and aggressively protect it from other insects and other male white peacocks.

Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants, native to tropical regions of the Americas, Africa
and existing as an imported weed in numerous regions including Australia, New Guinea and Hawaii.
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Guest 22-Jul-2007 23:18
I love the soft treatment you chose for this Carole, it really has lovely textures and I like the soft shades or purples and blues in the background, very beautiful image...Linda