Antillea pelops

Antillea pelops is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Caribbean, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Montserrat and Saint Kitts.

Antillea pelops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Antillea
Species:
A. pelops
Binomial name
Antillea pelops
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Papilio pelops Drury, [1773]
  • Argynnis pygmaea Godart, 1819
  • Papilio aegon Fabricius, 1781 (preocc. Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Erycina aedon Godart, [1824]

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm for males and 11–13 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Blechum pyramidatum and Justicia comata.

Subspecies
  • A. p. pelops
  • A. p. anacaona (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Cuba)
  • A. p. pygmaea (Godart, 1819) (Jamaica)
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