Hypanartia paullus

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];

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.

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]

Plate from Jacob Hübner's *Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge*

The larvae feed on Trema micrantha and Piper species.

References

^ Butterflies of America
^ Systematics of Hypanartia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae), with a test for geographical speciation mechanisms in the Andes

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[1] Butterflies of America

[2] Systematics of Hypanartia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae), with a test for geographical speciation mechanisms in the Andes