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
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 are on wing year round, but the peak flight period occurs between June and August.[2]

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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