white peacock

Inspired by Stanley and Duck Doc's butterflies, I am posting one that I got a couple of weeks ago, while sitting in a hide, waiting for Black-bellied Whistling Ducks.

A butterfly I only see while in Florida. It flies low and fast, but does stop to allow a click.

Have a great weekend everyone.

I was looking for a Red-headed Woodpecker, but was satisfied to find this beauty on the forest floor.

White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae subsp. luteipicta: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 5.1-7.0 cm (2.00-2.75 in). Saxet Lake Park, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA. Open park setting around the lake with scattered mesquite at ca. 27 m (89 ft) elevation.

White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae luteipicta: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 5.1-7.0 cm (2.00-2.75 in). Photographed around the headquarters of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Cameron County, Texas, U.S.A. Tamaulipan shrub in the lower Gulf Prairies and Marshes...

White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae luteipicta: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 5.1-7.0 cm (2.00-2.75 in). Photographed in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Aransas County, Texas, U.S.A. Trail through live oak/yaupon woods at ca. 4.6 m (15 ft) elevation.

White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae: Nymphalidae) This butterfly has a wingspan of 5.1-7.0 cm (2.0-2.75 in). It ranges from the lowlands up to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) elevation. Photographed creekside in Parque Nacional Carara. Riparian, primary and secondary lowland tropical rainforest at ca. 100 m...

He is beautiful, but yes! he is also a killer. His 'harem' of approximately 10 Peahens is a very guarded and territorial issue for the male, this chap is only a few years old but his predecessor was around 20 years old and lost his life in a fight with the 'White' for the ownership of the harem.