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Species Anaea andria - Goatweed Leafwing - Hodges#4554

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Anaea andria - male goatweed? - Anaea andria Goatweed Leafwing Butterfly - Anaea andria Goatweed leafwing - Anaea andria - female Goatweed Leafwings on Coyote Scat - Anaea andria Goatweed Leafwing - Anaea andria Goatweed Leafwing - Anaea andria - male Larva on Spurge - Anaea andria
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Charaxinae (Leafwings and relatives)
Tribe Anaeini (Leafwings)
Genus Anaea (Leafwings)
Species andria (Goatweed Leafwing - Hodges#4554)

Hodges Number

4554

Identification

In most of its U.S. distribution there are no closely similar species. In south where other species do occur, males of those species are usually more strongly patterned with dark above, and the outer margin of the hind wing of both genders is distinctly toothed between the tail and the annal (inner/lower) angle. In A. andria there is no tooth here, or at best a slight outward angle.

Range

Roughly south of a line from se. Arizona across New Mexico, east of the Rockies in Colorado and s. Wyoming, sw. South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and West Virgina, Virginia, and North Carolina. Sometimes straying and establishing further north, but apparently only temporarily. Rarely seen east of the Appalachians north of the Carolinas.

Season

Usually at least two broods per year, depending on climate. Adults overwinter.

Food

Goatweed - Croton species
Contributed by Mike Boone on 28 March, 2005 - 12:55pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, Robert Lord Zimlich, roar
Last updated 17 March, 2025 - 1:32pm

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