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Anaea andria

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Anaea andria

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Anaeini
Genus: Anaea
Species:
A. andria
Binomial name
Anaea andria
Scudder, 1875

Anaea andria, known generally as the goatweed leafwing or goatweed butterfly, is a species of leafwing in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][4]

Host plants include goatweed, Texas croton, and prairie tea; all in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. [5]

The MONA or Hodges number for Anaea andria is 4554.[6]

Goatweed leafwing, Anaea andria

Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Anaea andria:

  • Anaea andria andria
  • Anaea andria andriaesta Johnson & Comstock, 1941

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Anaea andria Goatweed Leafwing". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Anaea andria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "Anaea andria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ "Goatweed Leafwing". butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  5. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Anaea andria". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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