Hypanartia paullus

Hypanartia paullus (Antillean mapwing) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.[1] It occurs in a wide variety of wooded habitats from sea level to 1,900 meters.

Antillean mapwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hypanartia
Species:
H. paullus
Binomial name
Hypanartia paullus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Papilio paullus Fabricius, 1793
  • Hypanartia tecmesia Hübner, [1823]

The length of the forewings is about 29 mm. Adults have two hindwing tails. They are most frequently encountered perching along the forest edge on the tops of leaves with the wings half open or nectaring on a variety of flowers, including Eupatorium, Daucus, Palicourea, Tournefortia, Urera, Senecio and Canna species. Adults are on wing year round, but the peak flight period occurs between June and August.[2]

Plate from Jacob Hübner's Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge

The larvae feed on Trema micrantha and Piper species.

References
  1. Butterflies of America
  2. Systematics of Hypanartia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae), with a test for geographical speciation mechanisms in the Andes


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