White peacock

Wing span:

Identification: The wings are creamish-white with brown veins, margins, submarginal lunules and wavy vertical strips from mid to base. The forewings have a dark brown spot almost centrally, while the hindwings have two dark brown spots in the outer postdiscal region. 

Variation:

Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plantBacopa monnieriLippia alba, Phyla strigulosa (as reported by Warren et al., 2013 for S Texas and E & W Mexico through Central America)

Adult food: Flower nectar of Ageratum and Lantana

Reported from: Better Hope (Region 2), CEIBA Biological Centre, Cummings Lodge, Friendship, La Bonne Intention & Timehri (Region 4), High Reef, Nigg, Number 63, Number 72, Skeldon & Tain (Region 6), Fairview, Iwokrama Forest, Kaieteur, Kurupukari & Turtle Mt. (Region 8), Annai, Aranaputa Mt., Burro Burro, Kwatamang, Rupununi Savannah & Surama Eco-Lodge (Region 9), St. Cuthbert Mission (Region 10), Demerara River