There are four species belonging to this genus, only one of which is found within the limits of the United States. The others are found in Central and South America.
(1) Anartia jatrophæ, Linnæus, Plate XX, Fig. 13, ♂ (The White Peacock).
Butterfly.—There can be no mistake made in the identification of this species if the figure we give is consulted. The male and female are much alike. Expanse, 1.75-2.00 inches.
Early Stages.—So far as is known to me, these have never been described. The butterfly is common throughout the tropics of the New World, and is occasionally found in southern Texas and Florida.
Genus HYPANARTIA, Hübner (The Banded Reds)
Butterfly.—The palpi of medium size, well clothed with scales; the second joint moderately thick; the third very little thinner, blunt at the tip. The antennæ have a distinct, short, well-rounded club. The fore wings have the first two subcostal nervules arising before the end of the cell, close to each other. The third subcostal arises midway between the end of the cell and the origin of the fourth subcostal. The cell of the fore wing is closed by a stout lower discocellular vein which is more or less continuous with the third median nervule. The hind wing has the cell open or only partially closed.
[a]Fig. 100.]—Neuration of the genus Hypanartia.
Early Stages.—But little is known of the early stages of this genus.
The species reckoned as belonging to Hypanartia number less than a dozen, most of which are found in tropical America, but, singularly enough, two species occur in tropical and southern Africa, and another has been described from Madagascar.