Anthanassa texana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Anthanassa
- Species
- Anthanassa texana
- Scientific Name
- Anthanassa texana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Anthanassa texana
Anthanassa texana, the Texan crescentspot, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Guatemala north through Mexico to southern California, east across the southern United States to northern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Strays may be found up to Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, South Dakota, and central Nevada. The habitat consists of deserts, dry gulches, open areas, streamsides, road edges, and city parks.
The wingspan is 32–48 mm. Adults are on wing from March to November in southern Florida and Arizona. They are on wing year round in southern Texas and the tropics. There are several generations per year. Adults feed on flower nectar.
The larvae feed on the leaves of various low-growing plants of the family Acanthaceae, including Diciliptera brachiata, Jacobinia carnea, Beloperone, Siphonoglossa, and Ruellia species.
...Anthanassa texana in languages:
- English
- Texan Crescent
- English
- Texas Crescent
- Japanese
- テキサスヒョウモンモドキ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Anthanassa acesas
- Anthanassa annulata
- Anthanassa ardys
- Anthanassa argentea
- Anthanassa atronia
- Anthanassa crithona
- Anthanassa dracaena
- Anthanassa drusilla
- Anthanassa drymaea
- Anthanassa frisia
- Anthanassa hermas
- Anthanassa nebulosa
- Anthanassa otanes
- Anthanassa ptolyca
- Anthanassa sitalces
- Anthanassa sosis
- Anthanassa subota
- Anthanassa texana
- Anthanassa tulcis
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